LIFER, THE ONE AND ONLY LOCAL 10
NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> DEVELOPING OFF THE TOP, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TAKING OVER
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TAKING OVER
PART OF THE PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY.
>> Anchor: RAIN OR SHINE, THE
PROTEST GOING INTO THE NIGHT,
SHUTTING DOWN TRAFFIC IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS FOR HOURS. >> Anchor: MEANWHILE, LIFE
>> Anchor: MEANWHILE, LIFE
SEEMINGLY BACK TO NORMAL IN
HAVANA, AS POLICE ARE OUT IN
FORCE CRACKING DOWN.
THE HISTORIC PROTEST ERUPTED ON THE ISLAND ON SUNDAY, AS THE
THE ISLAND ON SUNDAY, AS THE
COMMUNIST COUNTRY STRUGGLE WITH
ITS WORST CRISIS.
>> Anchor: AND TODAY’S HIGHWAY
PROTEST RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE NEW ANTIRIOT LAW. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT.
>> Anchor: NICOLE AND CALVIN, IT WAS JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THAT
WAS JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THAT
POLICE IN RIOT GEAR WERE ABLE TO
FULLY CLEAR THE PALMETTO
EXPRESSWAY. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WE SAW. SOME OF THE PROTESTORS TOLD US
SOME OF THE PROTESTORS TOLD US
THEY ARRIVED HERE AS EARLY AS
2:00 P.M.
AND FROM THERE THIS CROWD GREW
TO HUNDREDS, IF NOT MORE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT,
THEY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT,
AND IN SPEAKING TO SOME OF THESE
PROTESTORS,S THEY TELL US THEY
WANTED THIS TO ESCALATE, BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO MAKE NATIONAL
HEADLINES. THEY WANT TO DELIVER A MESSAGE
THEY WANT TO DELIVER A MESSAGE
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
DEMANDING PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKES
MORE ACTION.
TOUGH ACTION. DECISIVE ACTIONS IN CUBA.
DECISIVE ACTIONS IN CUBA.
GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I THINK JOE BIDEN HAS TO MAKE
SOME MOVES. >> CUBAN PEOPLE, THEY ARE
>> CUBAN PEOPLE, THEY ARE
STANDING IN THE STREET, IN CUBA,
THEY ARE DYING.
BECAUSE OF THE REPRESSION, THE I
AM STANDING HERE BECAUSE OF
THEM. BECAUSE WE WANT AN INTERVENTION.
BECAUSE WE WANT AN INTERVENTION.
WE WANT BIDE TON STAND UP FOR
CUBAN PEOPLE.
>> QUESTION ARE HERE PEACEFULLY,
AND WE WILL STAY HERE
PEACEFULLY. EVEN IF THEY WANT TO HIT US WE
EVEN IF THEY WANT TO HIT US WE
WILL STAY HERE, WE DON’T CARE.
>> SO SO MANY OF THEM WANTED TO
STAY, THEY SAID THEY WERE READY FOR A STAND OFF.
FOR A STAND OFF.
WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR, BUT
THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SO PATIENT, THEY HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS
THEY HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH THESE PROTESTORS UNTIL
EVENTUALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO
CONVINCE THEM TO STEP DOWN. AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
MASSIVE BACK UPS THIS CREATED.
SO MANY DRIVERS, SO UPSET AND
ASKING WHY WERE THESE PROTESTORS ALLOWED TO SHUT DOWN THE
ALLOWED TO SHUT DOWN THE
PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY FOR SO LONG.
NOT TO MENTION VIOLATING THE
ANTIRIOT LAW CHAMPIONED BY
GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS. SHORTLY AFTER THE BLACK LIVES
SHORTLY AFTER THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTEST.
WE POSTED THIS QUESTION TO A
SPOKESMAN, TAKE A LISTEN. >> THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE
>> THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE
LAW BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
PATIENT.
YOU CAN’T COME OUT HERE AND
ARREST EVERYBODY.
WE WORK THROUGH IT, THERE’S DIALOG.
AND WE ARE WORKING TOEN A
UNDERSTANDING.
>> SO YOU HEARD IT RIGHT THERE, FHP SAYING THEY EXERCISED
FHP SAYING THEY EXERCISED
DISCRETION.
WE SPOKE WITH MANY OF THESE
PROTESTORS THEY TELL US THEY
PLAN TO BE BACK OUT TOMORROW, WE ASKED IF THEY PLAN ON HAVING
ASKED IF THEY PLAN ON HAVING
THIS MUCH PATIENCE WITH THEM
MOVING FORWARD.
WE DIDN’T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
DEFENSE QUITE THE NIGHT. >> Anchor: PROTESTORS ALSO
>> Anchor: PROTESTORS ALSO
BLOCKED THE STREETS ALONG EBB
CHOKE BY ROAD.
>> Anchor: AND I MARCHED TO THE
SOUTHERN COMMAND OFFICE IN
DORALE. >> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING AS
>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING AS
THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN POPPING
UP.
THESE PROTESTORS CALLING FOR AN
IN TO THE COMMUNIST REGIME. A REGIME THAT’S BEEN UP AND
A REGIME THAT’S BEEN UP AND
RUNNING FOR THE PAST 62 YEARS.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WITH STOP IS
WITH THE INTERVENTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS GROUP CALLING ON THE U.S.
TO HELP.
>> FOR THE THIRD DAY CUBAN
AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO SHOW
STREETS IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO SHOW
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY OF
CUBA NOW IN A HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS.
>> THEY HAVE NO FOOD, NO
MEDICINE.
>> >> SOLIDARITY WITH THE THOUSANDS
>> SOLIDARITY WITH THE THOUSANDS
THAT CONTINUE TO PROTEST,
CALLING TO THE END OF A
COMMUNIST REGIME.
THIS GROUP OF HUNDREDS TOOK TO THE LANES OF TRAFFIC NEAR THE
THE LANES OF TRAFFIC NEAR THE
PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY. CHANTING.
COUNTRY AND LIFE, WHILE
ILLEGALLY LYING IN THE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET THEIR MESSAGE
TRAFFIC TO GET THEIR MESSAGE
ACROSS.
WE ARE HERE.
WE NEED SUPPORT.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU CAN SEE THIS IS DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY FEEL
DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY FEEL
ABOUT THEIR NATION.
>> AT THIS POINT YOU ALLOW THIS
FOR HOW LONG.
>> FORTY-FIVE SECONDS TO A
MINUTE, AND MAKE SURE NOBODY GETS HURT, AND DO THE TRAFFIC
GETS HURT, AND DO THE TRAFFIC
CONTROL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> WHILE MAMA JORDY JOINED IN,
THIS GROUP THEN MOVED. IT IS THERE THEY HOPE TO GRAB
IT IS THERE THEY HOPE TO GRAB
THE ATTENTION WITH HOPES LIT
INTERVENE, AND HELP PUT AN END
TO THE AAUTHORITY TARYN REGIME
THEY SAY CONTINUES TO REPRESS
ITS PEOPLE. >> WE NEED SOMETHING.
>> WE NEED SOMETHING.
WE NEED ACTIONS.
>> AND WHILE SOME DO I A PEER TO BE LEAVING THROUGHOUT THE
BE LEAVING THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING WE HAVE SEEN AS PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO ARRIVE HERE, TO MAKE
SURE THEIR MESSAGE IS HEARD.
MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE OF CUBA KNOW THEY ARE