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Council Chaos: Police Battle Protesters At City Hall

wdsu.com — The scene outside New Orleans' City Hall boiled on the brink of a riot Thursday as protesters stormed the gate and were met with police spraying mace and firing Tasers. Protesters broke through the gates outside City Hall shortly after 11 a.m.

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  • outreach417, on 12/22/2007, -0/+0Don't be fooled by promises to rebuild "mixed-income" developments, profits and prices will spiral until the poor, for whom the housing relief is intended, are shut out. The same "redevelopment" is taking place in Toronto's Regent Park public housing projects with more than 20,000 of the city's poor eventually being displaced. Similarily in New Orleans, city council makes no promises to care for the most vulnerable - and the situation is exacerbated by the unplanned destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Politicians are traeting it as a windfall opportunity to eject the poor (and mostly black) residents.

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