Charles Oscar Etienne (Chaloska)
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Charles Oscar Etienne also known as Chaloska (in creole) was a notorious chief of the national police in Haiti who massacred over 150 political prisoners in Porte-au-Prince in 1915.[1] Shortly after this mass murder, the relatives of the incarcerated had taken Charles Oscar, who was taking refuge in the Dominican legation, and murdered him in the city center of Haiti.[2] His brutal reign resulted in his likeness being used as popular boogyman carnival costume known as Chaloska.