Raul Martinez, Hialeah Mayor, assaults Cuban protester

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.
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The Miami Herald

January 2, 2000

Another Year in Miami: A Review of 1999

CURTIS MORGAN

Mayor Raul Martinez leads the charge to create Hialeah county, a battle temporarily sidetracked by an actual brawl. During a traffic-blocking protest, the burly mayor pummels slender butcher Ernesto Mirabal - landing a left and at least five right uppercuts as police officers also jump Mirabal. Prosecutors drop charges against Mirabal after news videos prove he didn't start it.

[LAR918]

Ese es el que quiere quitarle el puesto a Lincoln Díaz-Balart, que clase tipo mas mierda, yo no creo que ningún cubano vote por esa plasta.

[eaglephin]

Certainly we can expect Martinez to comport himself in this way if elected to congress.

Stay classy Raul!

[guaso19661]

BY THE WAY THIS MAYOR HIT LIKE A SISSY!!!!!

[tupacoutlaw3]

@LAR918 plasta es la rresinga de tu madre maricon le dio al muchacho porque el muchacho le sumbo una piedra al jefe de la policia por la cabeza informate

[offensiveIII]

So the Nazi's are back i see and with new crisp black uniforms and black boots. We have the concentration camps built all over america the only thing missing is the swastica. We teach history in american schools to teach kids so that what happened in history does not repeat it self. Here in america we are dumbing down our kids to make sure history repeats its self because here in america its just "big business" as well as "business as usual". If it aint broke not fix it.

[ASAAVEDRA43]

Fat motherfucker. Fuck you robaina and that fat bitch Isis martinez!! Your nothing but a glorified secretary who blew the manager you hoe!!

[bronx7542]

Is this the kind of people you elect for your leaders. He should be fired for putting his hand on somebody else.

[gerry14miami]

RAUL MARTINEZ ES MARICON DE CLOSET

[TheBigtimeracing]

what they don't show is the boy spitting at him

[angeldieguez9566]

raul martinez es una persona sin escrupulos haciendo espectaculo y golpeando a un manifestante que poca moral y educacion tiene ese hombre. ese hombre no se merece ningun apoyo. el no hizo nada por la ciudad de hialeah hasta en los ultimos anos que empezo a arreglar las calles para que la gente dijera que hizo algo. pero lo que mas hizo ese zangano fue robar el dinero

[Jazzoulphrodisiac]

WAHAHAHHAHA

[ProudRedneck87]

hijo de la gran puta, asesino democrata que se queme en el infierno con los hermanos castros!!!!!