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Big Easy Protest Turns Rough

New Orleans OK's demolition of housing despite opposition

By Caroline Zimmerman, Newser User

Posted Dec 20, 2007 4:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Police used pepper spray and stun guns on protesters in New Orleans attempting to push their way into a City Council meeting over the impending demolition of 4,500 public housing units damaged by Katrina. Local activists oppose HUD's push to raze the houses to... Read full story »

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