NYC tries fencing in often-violent Caribbean celebration
NEW YORK (AP) " Before sunrise Monday, tens of thousands of costumed, paint-slathered revelers will gather on the streets of Brooklyn for a joyous Caribbean celebration rooted in emancipation.This year, though, they'll be doing it behind police barricades and metal detectors.Brooklyn's version of the Caribbean carnival, called J'ouvert, has been held for decades in the pre-dawn darkness on Labor Day, but there was serious talk of canceling the party this year because of [...]
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