Cuban protester arrested live on TV hours after Obama leaves island
Havana protesters arrested during live ESPN broadcast
Detention came just hours after Obama had asked Cuban government to
embrace criticism
BY JIM WYSS
jwyss@miamiherald.com
After broadcasting Tuesday's historic baseball game between the Tampa
Bay Rays and the Cuban national team, ESPN got a taste of the political
reality on the streets of Havana.
As Bob Ley was providing post-game analysis, a protester burst into the
frame throwing leaflets, demanding the right to free speech and shouting
"down with the Castros"
Within minutes, plain-clothes policemen had packed into him a marked car.
Video: Protester invades SportsCenter in Cuba
"What was amazing was the speed of the police response," Ley said.
"There were three marked cars that came literally out of nowhere."
Ley said one of the protesters was dragged off by his neck.
The news came just hours after Obama had made an impassioned speech
asking the Cuban government to be more open to criticism and refrain
from making "arbitrary detentions" of dissidents.
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