Boca Raton Riot Police Called To Housing Authority


	Boca Raton Riot Police Called To Housing Authority

BartendingBear

3-17-2008 2:50 AM

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Demand for subsidized housing applications causes near riot.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/538d1307-8e7a-40bc-aae5-685f94630304/C1324597-1DEA-4B19-AE64-1CF9B95D4AE1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html" href="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.examiner.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html">Police in riot gear intervened Wednesday when hundreds of people seeking a chance at subsidized housing grew frustrated after officials ran out of applications.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html">At least one person was arrested and at least six others were hospitalized for exhaustion during chaos at the <A href="http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Boca_Raton_Housing_Authority.html" title="Boca Raton Housing Authority" linkindex="74" set="yes">Boca Raton Housing Authority</A> some believed would grow into a riot.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html"><A href="http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Judith_Aigen.html" title="Judith Aigen" linkindex="75" set="yes">Judith Aigen</A>, executive director of the housing authority, said the crowd surged forward when told applications only remained for the disabled. She said mothers with children and people in wheelchairs were nearly crushed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html">People began gathering at the housing authority before midnight, and before long there were far more than the 600 applications officials planned to distribute. Many of those waiting were women with infants or toddlers in their arms, or a baby on the way.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/a-1274730~SWAT_teams_disperse_crowd_of_hundreds_awaiting_housing_applications.html">"We're all working people and we're all bitter right now," said <A href="http://www.examiner.com/Subject-Deborah_Davis.html" title="Deborah Davis" linkindex="76">Deborah Davis</A>, 37. "To be turned away like this hurts. They should have anticipated having a large crowd."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C1324597-1DEA-4B19-AE64-1CF9B95D4AE1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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