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Article: Elian is gone - `Thank God' say most in the Black community
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- Miami Times
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- May 2, 2000
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Bowling, Nakia
Miami Times
05-02-2000
Elian is gone -`Thank God' say most in the Black community
For nine days a Miami family ignored the U.S. Attorney General's request to
relinquish a little Cuban boy into the custody of his father. The
repercussions of their actions were grave and most people in the Black
community says --"Way to go Janet Reno"
At about 5:10 am Saturday morning INS officers, along with a guntoting
Federal SWAT team, descended upon the Gonzalez's Little Havana home and
seized 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez after failed negotiations. While the Cuban
community is voicing their outrage, the Black community is singing its
praises.
"It is about time. I tell you I had restored faith in this ...