disruptions. at least 100 protestors and independent journalists have been detained. patrick on thppmann has more. reporter: the protests quickly turned violence. demonstrator tos pelted patrol cars with stones and police forcibly arrested scores of people.tos pelted patrol cars with stones and police forcibly arrested scores of people. repression this woman said, all we have is repression. counterprotestors organized by the government tried to shout them down. some chanting that they are fidel castro. but castro died in 2016 and his brother raul retired in april. now the job of managing cuba s worst crisis in a generation falls to their hand pick successor who called the protestors criminals.
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as if it would somehow offer protection from the nuclear attack we had learned to fear because the world had come so close in castro s cuba. we have live pictures tonight of cubans lining up to pay their respects, and by now, everything has been said about fidel castro who during his life became a problem for 11 u.s. presidents. he long ago transferred power to his brother raul, and the family name remains synonymous with repression, competent kugexecut broken families. we in the newsroom always wondered what it would be like when castro died. it turned out it was like any saturday morning after a night on the streets. the revolutionary became an old man in a track suit. castro went out with a whimper, but castro s cuba, that goes on, at least for now. that is our broadcast tonight. thank you for being here with
problem for 11 u.s. presidents. he long ago transferred power to his brother raul, and the family name remains synonymous with repression, executions and broken families. we in the newsroom always wondered what it would be like when castro died. it turned out it was like any saturday morning after a night on the streets. the revolutionary became an old man in a track suit. castro went out with a whimper, but castro s cuba, that goes on, at least for now. that is our broadcast tonight. thank you for being here with us. hardball with chris matthews begins right now.