Police make new arrests on the eve of major protests; suspicious items sei

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Nov. 19, 2003

Police make new arrests on the eve of major protests; suspicious items seized
By ELAINE DE VALLE, AMY DRISCOLL AND MARTIN MERZER
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Carl Juste/Miami Herald

Seven people (six men, one woman) were arrested for trespassing and vandalism after Miami Police and its CSI unit discovered them inside the old Prescott Mansion in Bayside.


Police arrested seven people this afternoon in a long-abandoned mansion in which officers said they found gas masks, crowbars and other suspicious items. Also this afternoon, police entered an independent media center at Bayside Marketplace.

The intensified police activity came on the eve of major protests planned for Thursday and Friday against the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas now under discussion in downtown Miami.

As many as 20,000 people are expected to march through Miami Thursday afternoon in a demonstration sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Police are concerned that more radical elements could attempt to infiltrate that march or conduct violent protests beginning as early as 7 a.m. Thursday.

This afternoon, Miami police arrested what they called seven suspected ''anarchist types'' in an abandoned house known as the Prescott Mansion in the historic Bayside neighborhood a few miles north of downtown Miami.

The six men and one woman, all in their 20s, apparently had been staying in the waterfront home for several days. Police believe they were planning violent protests against the FTAA conference. (snip/...)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/7300591.htm


Seven people (six men, one woman) were arrested for trespassing and vandalism after Miami Police and its CSI unit discovered them inside the old Prescott Mansion in Bayside.
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[MRDU]

1. Prescott Mansion

This afternoon, Miami police arrested what they called seven suspected ''anarchist types'' in an abandoned house known as the Prescott Mansion in the historic Bayside neighborhood a few miles north of downtown Miami.

The six men and one woman, all in their 20s, apparently had been staying in the waterfront home for several days. Police believe they were planning violent protests against the FTAA conferencE

[Judi Lynn]

2. Police cordon off downtown area ahead of expected FTAA protests

Police cordon off downtown area ahead of expected FTAA protests

MIAMI, : Thousands of riot police fanned out across downtown Miami to face an expected flood of anti-globalization protesters, as trade ministers from the Americas prepare for a major free-trade summit here.

However the only major protest of the day was held by about 300 members of a group called Root Cause, which staged a noisy and colorful march to a downtown park.

"We're obviously doing something right," said Melodie Malta, one of the protestors, commenting on the heavy police presence as she danced to the beat of homemade drums. "It's an appropriate picture, and an unfortunate one."

Anticipating larger protests, some 2,500 police from 40 area jurisdictions have surrounded a six-block downtown area with barricade fences and roadblocks. (snip/...)



http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/58014/1/.html

[Socialist Christian]

3. Soviet Justice <nt>

[E_Zapata]

4. "the people" really ARE the govt's enemies........

shoot, I loved it when it was govt by, for and OF the people........

[AP]

5. This one makes my head hurt.

I can't wait to see the evidence of planned violence. What do you want to be it's totally lame.

Presumably, if they had weapons or bombs, it would have been reported in this article as having been seized in the raid on the place they were staying. Gas masks? Probably just to protect them from the smell of that guy in the picture. And, if the police are likely going to use tear gas, it isn't a crime, and doesn't mean you're using violence if you're wearing a gas mask. It just means you're impervious to the gas.

Crowbars? Who needs a crow bar when you have the guy in the picture? He looks like he's a little to skinny to cause any harm to anyone all by himself, but I can see maybe the guy behind him picking up the skinny guy and wielding him around like he was a bat, but c'mon.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Have you paid attention to any of the police violence and corruption

stories from Miami in the last 20 years? Absolutely pathetic.

No doubt you may have heard of the trial of some officers in the last few months who were found to have planted "throw down" guns after sotzing unarmed people. Can't remember how many victems they were charged with having shot to death. Loathesome.

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You can be sure they're ready for these protestors. They were probably ridiculed for letting the Cuban "exiles" trash the entire town, throwing one helluva tantrum when Elián finally got to go home to his family.


Showtime!


Miami Cuban protesters