Haitian Victim Wins Settlement
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Five years after the brutal assault by New York police that won him a $5.8 million settlement, Abner Louima is back in Haiti, convinced he can help his impoverished homeland.
In recent visits, the immigrant who came to symbolize U.S. police brutality has met Haiti's president and started paying tuition for 14 poor children. He is setting up a nonprofit group, the Abner Louima Foundation, and hopes to raise money to build a community center and much-needed hospital.
"Maybe God saved my life for a reason," Louima said in a rare interview while visiting Haiti last week. "I believe in doing the right thing.".....
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