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Men in blue in melee
By Times Staff
Published June 6, 2007
The bar fight started the way they often do. One man hit another man on the head with a beer bottle. A free-for-all ensued.
Only this wasn't a random group of revelers vacationing in Orlando, it was a gathering of the National Latino Officers Association, a police group. Several people were injured in the Friday melee, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The association's chairman was the only man arrested, but not for fighting. He refused to leave the scene.
The group has now accused local law enforcement of misconduct, saying they didn't investigate properly because one of their own was involved
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