A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to the region’s growing Haitian community.

When they added a Haitian food truck, people drove from an hour away for freshly cooked oxtail, fried plantains and marinated pork.

But Clemene Bastien and Theslet Benoir are now suing the town of Parksley, alleging that it forced their food truck to close. The couple also say a town council member cut the mobile kitchen’s water line and screamed, “Go back to your own country!”

“When we first opened, there were a lot of people” ordering food, Bastien said, speaking through an interpreter. “And the day after, there were a lot of people. And then … they started harassing us.”

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    312 years ago

    So a family comes to our country and does exactly what they’re supposed to do: Open a business and improving the quality of life in their community.

    And what happens?

    Redneck shitsticks absolutely lose it.

    I bet you a billion dollars I know which presidential candidate those racist fucknuggets support.

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        22 years ago

        That depends if pimping your daughter out at truck stops for meth is considered a successful business.