Zooming over the Miami skyline, the Atlantic Security pilot of the massive Hughes Sky Stallion saw the street riot long before he was in firing range. Pinpoints of gunfire strobed the shadows as countless handguns, and some automatics, blasted away constantly at everyone and everything. Windows were smashing, store alarms screaming, and a thick billowing cloud of acrid smoke from burning car tires hid much of the street and the action.