viernes, febrero 29, 2008

VIDEO DE RAUL MARTINEZ RIVAL DE LINCOLN DIAZ BALART AGREDIENDO A JOVEN ENDEBLE

Nota del Blogguista

El bloqueo del Palmetto fue en protesta por el tratamiento que la Guardia de Guadacosta ( Coast Guard ) le había dado a 6 balseros cubanos.
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Comentario de un e mail del Dr. Antonio ¨Tony ¨ de la Cova

Aquí tienen el video de la paliza inesperada que el ex alcalde de Hialeah, Raúl Martínez, quien pesa 255 libras y mide 6 pies y tres pulgadas, le dió al manifestante cubano Ernesto Mirabal, quien pesa 150 libras y mide 5 pies y diez pulgadas, el 30 de junio de 1999.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhb2JPfh2A

La secuencia de fotos aparecen en http://www.raulmartinez08.com/

Martínez declaró a la prensa que a él primero lo golpearon en la cara y respondió dando golpes.

http://www.raulmartinez08.com/martinez-punch.htm

El video y las fotos demuestran todo lo contrario.
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The Miami Herald
July 1, 1999, page 12

Hialeah Mayor, Protester Mix It Up At Traffic Blockade

SANDRA MARQUEZ GARCIA And JOSEPH TANFANI, Herald Staff Writers

Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez took his reputation as a hands-on mayor to the streets early Wednesday, pummeling a young butcher who was blocking traffic on the Palmetto Expressway.

Both the mayor, weighing in at 6-3, 255 pounds, and the protester, 150-pound, 5-10 Ernesto Mirabal, say the other guy swung first. Martinez emerged the champion of the roadside bout. He landed a left and at least five right uppercuts as police officers jumped Mirabal, leaving the protester bleary-eyed and spitting blood. The fight video played all day on news stations.

Still undecided: the battle of public opinion.

Radio hosts Hank Goldberg - who once claimed that Martinez hit him - and Neil Rogers cheered the mayor for taking on an annoying traffic blocker.

But opinion was a lot less positive among the people who really count for Martinez - Cuban Americans. Hialeah is Miami-Dade's most Cuban city and a natural source of support for the traffic blockades that tied up commuters Tuesday.

"This is an abuse of power," said electrician Francisco Rodriguez, 57, standing outside Chico's Restaurant on West 12th Avenue. "Martinez is a magnificent mayor, but on this occasion I don't think he acted properly."

More than 400 people gathered on the Palmetto on Tuesday night to protest the Coast Guard's treatment of six Cuban rafters, blocking the northbound lanes at Northwest 103rd Street for about four hours. The protest turned into a battle after 2 a.m. Seven people were arrested.

For more see:
http://www.raulmartinez08.com/

Raul Martinez, Hialeah Mayor, assaults Cuban protester