ChooseLiberty
03-16-2008, 12:21 AM
It's getting worse out there. Poor people rioting and fascist cops in riot gear. This is how it happens.
BOCA RATON - In a sign of the desperation facing Palm Beach County's poor, hundreds, maybe thousands, descended on the city Wednesday for a chance to get on a subsidized-housing waiting list.
The wait nearly turned ugly when housing officials told hundreds still on line Wednesday morning that they only had enough applications left for those with disabilities. The crowd surged forward, almost crushing mothers with children and people in wheel chairs, said Judith Aigen, Boca Raton Housing Authority executive director.
"I think a riot was about to happen," she said.
It was then that police in riot gear stepped in, dispersing the angry crowd. Boca Raton Fire Rescue took nine people to area hospitals for medical conditions such as seizures, fainting or diabetic shock, said fire Chief Tom Wood. Police arrested two people and charged them with resisting arrest without violence, said police Chief Dan Alexander.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-312vouchers,0,5039730.story
BOCA RATON - In a sign of the desperation facing Palm Beach County's poor, hundreds, maybe thousands, descended on the city Wednesday for a chance to get on a subsidized-housing waiting list.
The wait nearly turned ugly when housing officials told hundreds still on line Wednesday morning that they only had enough applications left for those with disabilities. The crowd surged forward, almost crushing mothers with children and people in wheel chairs, said Judith Aigen, Boca Raton Housing Authority executive director.
"I think a riot was about to happen," she said.
It was then that police in riot gear stepped in, dispersing the angry crowd. Boca Raton Fire Rescue took nine people to area hospitals for medical conditions such as seizures, fainting or diabetic shock, said fire Chief Tom Wood. Police arrested two people and charged them with resisting arrest without violence, said police Chief Dan Alexander.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-312vouchers,0,5039730.story