International Workers' Day Protests In Puerto Rico Turn Chaotic
Severe government austerity measures designed to jolt Puerto Rico out of an 11-year recession propelled thousands of protesters into the streets across the island's capital on Tuesday in a series of marches that ended in chaos. Rallies that began in different parts of the city remained largely peaceful throughout the day as students, teachers, government employees and private sector workers wound their way through the streets to converge in the downtown area. But the demonstrations ended in gasps, tears and fits of coughing after police fired gas canisters into crowds who had come up against their barricades. Adrian Florido @adrianflorido Just got teargassed at the protest in San Juan's financial district. 2:20 PM - May 1, 2018 274 425 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy In recent days police and protesters had agreed on the route the marchers would take around San Juan's financial distric