Several migrants have been poisoned by carbon monoxide in the Glades concentration camp, aka ICE detention center.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/glades-county-detention-center-carbon-monoxide-exposure-13425720

Content Warning: Police murder, violence

It is important to review the details of the police murder of Nicolás Morales Bessania in Immokalee on September 17, 2020. Following a 911 disturbance call, police shot the unarmed father of a 12-year-old boy, who was facing a mental lapse at the time.

The Collier County Sheriff's Office released dashcam footage after the State Attorney's office declared the murder "lawful and justifiable".

Tonight, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and other groups protested outside of the Citizen Review Panel in Naples, where civilians will review the actions of the officers responsible.

Civil rights organizations, such as the CIW and the Lee County NAACP, have so far tried in futility to obtain more information about the legal backing to the State Attorney's decision not to charge any officers who carried out the shooting.

Governor DeSantis proposes the establishment of the Florida State Guard, a state government-controlled military to begin its programs with 200 civilians. Florida taxpayers would pay $3.5 million in taxpayer dollars each year to this new guard, while also footing the bill for 3 new armories and a new headquarters for the Florida National Guard.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/584178-desantis-proposes-civilian-florida-state-guard-military-force-he-would

Miami protested yesterday for a $15 hourly wage not given to many MDCPS bus drivers & aides.

Photo via @MiamiDSA on Twitter

In 2019, Frank Ordonez was shut by police in cold blood inside his truck, which had been hijacked by criminals attempting a getaway after robbing a jewelry store. Another bystander, Rick Cutshaw, was also killed by police. 2 years later, police continue to cover up policy violations and cover up for their own while local media portrays the event as a "shootout".

https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/loved-ones-remember-slain-ups-driver-on-2-year-anniversary-of-miramar-shootout/

Florida politicians are a special breed.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has recently joined the advisory board for a luxury real estate firm, in the middle of the city's worst housing crisis in decades. Suarez is also already employed at a crypto law firm and private equity firm.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article256372377.html

For weeks now, DeSantis has sucked dry the money of taxpayers by deploying the Florida National Guard to attack migrants at the border seeking a better life. The Governor's endeavor has cost taxpayers at least $1.6 million since July, a number believed to be underestimated and likely to rise in the near future.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article256219857.html

Police have shot someone in Homestead, and are refusing to release any details or even say whether or not the person shot was armed. We always know what ends up occurring when police refuse to state whether someone had a gun, of course.

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/12/10/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-homestead/

Per new information on a Homestead police shooting, plainclothes detectives on Friday shot a person in Homestead who they believed to be shoplifting a Walgreens on US1 and Campbell.

Police state that the detectives chased down the suspected shoplifter, who fled in a green SUV with 2 other people inside. The chase ended at a Ford dealership, where Homestead Police Department said a confrontation happened.

Captain Fernando Morales stated that one of the detectives was “forced to discharge his firearm”, shooting the driver and riddling the SUV with bullet holes.

https://tequestablackstar.blackblogs.org/2021/12/11/more-information-comes-out-homestead-shooting/

Great thread by our friends over at Miami Against Fascism covering the disaster that was yesterday's Miami-Dade School Meeting

https://twitter.com/MIAagainstFash/status/1471685020523896832

South Florida turn out this New Years in solidarity with our incarcerated comrades and in memory of Bambi, a Ft. Lauderdale comrade who passed away this year!