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NEW ORLEANS — Protesters wielding bullhorns and shouting “housing is a human right” stopped demolition at a massive public housing complex Wednesday in this hurricane-ravaged city in dire need of homes for the poor.
More than 30 protesters blocked an excavator from entering the B.W. Cooper complex. It was the first of what likely will be many standoffs between protesters and demolition crews that are tearing down hundreds of barracks- style buildings so they can be replaced with mixed-income neighborhoods.
