Eighteen suspects in the killing of Jovenel Moïse are flown to Florida, exposing a hollowed-out republic where sovereignty is surrendered and foreign courts take the wheel.
The headline reads like a tragedy—and it is. At least 47 people were killed and dozens more kidnapped in an attack near Haiti’s capital at the hands of armed men.
The most dangerous thing about American policy, whether it concerns foreign capitals or local bus shelters, is the assumption that institutional process equals human care.
The performance staged by Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, this week was less about protecting Haitian lives and more about demonstrating the enduring power of state…