Miami streets erupt after raid Final Edition

Demonstrators, outraged at the seizure of Elian [Elian Gonzalez] by a gun- toting federal SWAT team, shouted, wept, waved flags and signs and - - in isolated angrier outbreaks -- blocked traffic, threw rocks, overturned bus benches and torched tires and trash bins. Police met them fast and forcefull...

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Published inCalgary herald
Main Author Sandra Marquez Garcia, Tyler Bridges, Curtis Morgan, Knight Ridder News Service
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Calgary, Alta Postmedia Network Inc 23.04.2000
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MIAMI
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Summary:Demonstrators, outraged at the seizure of Elian [Elian Gonzalez] by a gun- toting federal SWAT team, shouted, wept, waved flags and signs and - - in isolated angrier outbreaks -- blocked traffic, threw rocks, overturned bus benches and torched tires and trash bins. Police met them fast and forcefully -- some say too forcefully -- pumping tear gas canisters into crowds and hauling off dozens in handcuffs. "Clinton, Miami is burning!" protesters chanted around a bonfire built of old tires, a trash bin full of cardboard boxes and a shredded Florida lottery billboard at Flagler Street and Northwest 27th Avenue, an intersection blocks from the home where Elian was snatched before dawn. At nightfall, tempers seemed to have cooled but the streets remained tense enough that police warned journalists that they were at risk outside the Gonzalez home, prompted by a throng that knocked down the CNN tent. Exile organizers and CNN staffers calmed the crowd and a platoon of police, thumping their batons against their plastic shields, marched in. Within an hour, the strange village of satellite trucks dubbed Camp Elian had folded.
ISSN:0828-1815