Miami Political Fallout

Donald H. Warshaw and William O'Brien Miami City Manager Donald H. Warshaw, left, listens to Police Chief William O'Brien just after Warshaw was dismissed from his job during a city council meeting in Coconut Grove, Florida, Thursday, April 27, 2000. Miami Mayor Joe Carollo fired the city manager Thursday, just days after he demanded the man dismiss the police chief for failing to warn the mayor about the raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Supporters of Carollo Cuban-American supporters of Miami Mayor Joe Carollo line barracades in front of the Miami City Hall Thursday, April 27, 2000 in Miami. Carollo fired the city manager Thursday, just days after he demanded the man dismiss the police chief for failing to warn the mayor about the raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Joe Carollo Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, center, makes his way through a crowd of Cuban-American supporters at the Miami City Hall Thursday, April 27, 2000 in Miami. Carollo fired the city manager Thursday, just days after he demanded the man dismiss the police chief for failing to warn the mayor about the raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Warshaw and Carollo supporters Seventeen-year-old Erik Jacobson, right, waves an American flag as he and a handful of supporters of Miami City Manager Donald Warshaw and Police Chief William O'Brien faced a crowd of mostly Cuban-American supporters of Mayor Joe Carollo in front of the Miami City Hall Thursday, April 27, 2000 in Miami. Carollo fired the city manager Thursday, just days after he demanded the man dismiss the police chief for failing to warn the mayor about the raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
William E. O'Brien City of Miami police chief William E. O'Brien addresses the media during a news conference at police headquarters in downtown Miami Friday April 28, 2000 to announce his resignation as chief of police following recent events surrounding Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
O'Brien and Warshaw City of Miami police chief William E. O'Brien, in uniform, stands by as Donald H. Warshaw, center, the Miami city manager who was fired Thursday by city mayor Joe Carollo, addresses the media at police headquarters in downtown Miami Friday April 28, 2000. O'Brien announced his resignation as chief of police following recent events surrounding Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
William E. O'Brien Miami police chief William E. O' Brien listens as Donald H. Warshaw, city mananger who was fired Thursday by the city mayor Joe Carollo, directs a news conference regarding O' Brien's resignation Friday April, 28, 2000 at police headquarters in downtown Miami. O'Brien resigned Friday after the mayor criticized him for letting his department get involved in the Elian Gonzalez raid. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
William E. O' Brien Miami Police Chief William E. O' Brien, center, is addressed by colleagues following his announcement during a news conference that he would be resigning from his post, Friday April 28, 2000 following recent events surrounding the Elian Gonzalez case. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
Joe Carollo Miami Mayor Joe Carollo arrives at City Hall Friday April 28, 2000. Carollo said it was a matter of time before City Manager Donald Warshaw and Police Chief William O'Brien lost their jobs. He denied that the seizure of Elian Gonzalez's last Saturday by Federal agents influenced his decision. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Joe Carollo City of Miami Mayor Joe Carollo speaks to newspeople regarding the retirement of Police Chief William O'Brien and the firing of the city manager Donald Warshaw Friday April 28, 2000. Carollo said that the departure of both men had nothing to do with the removal by Federal agents of Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relative's home last Saturday. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)


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