Almost everything scrolls across the screen of our smartphones. Some content makes us laugh, but more often the news pierces our souls in the face of so much pain, so many tragedies, so many lives crushed—like that of the teenager Wanderson Zamy, a recent high school graduate from Collège Canado-Haïtien, shot dead while riding his motorcycle in front of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) in Delmas.

On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, in the late afternoon, Tripotay Lakay shared on its YouTube channel a video titled “Gade nan ki eta bandi yo fè Bisantnè, ri Dè Kazèn”. The cameraman says nothing. His lens, from the APN to the Ministry of the Interior (location of the former DGI headquarters), nearly in the heart of Champ de Mars, captures images. Deserted streets littered with garbage, overgrown with vegetation, streaming with water, bordered by ransacked shops, businesses, and workplaces. “From the APN to the DGI. The trees on Rue des Casernes. Landmarks: Rond Point intersection with the old USIS building. The Raymond Flambert house. The former Hatrexco offices,” identifies a regular of Rue des Casernes, telegraphic in his description of what remains of Avenue Paul VI.