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NATION, Page 49American NotesMIAMIBreaking the Cycle
Miami was prepared for the worst as the trial of police officer
William Lozano, charged with killing two unarmed black men last
January, came to an end last week. Their deaths sparked three days
of burning and looting. Twice before in the 1980s, riots followed
the acquittals of white or Hispanic police officers charged with
killing blacks. As police were suiting up for more trouble, a jury
of three whites, two blacks and one Hispanic broke the cycle of
violence by convicting Lozano on two counts of manslaughter.
While another flare-up was averted, reaction to the verdict
split along Miami's racial fault lines. Hispanics said the officer
was being sacrificed to appease blacks. But in the Overtown ghetto,
the site of January's worst rioting, some residents marched in
celebration. "This is what the black community has been waiting
for," said Overtown resident Alice Johnson, 43. "Justice."