Miami protested yesterday for a $15 hourly wage not given to many MDCPS bus drivers & aides.
Photo via @MiamiDSA on Twitter
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/
https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/loved-ones-remember-slain-ups-driver-on-2-year-anniversary-of-miramar-shootout/
Wsvn
Loved ones remember slain UPS driver on 2-year anniversary of Miramar shootout
MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - A grieving community gathered to remember a UPS driver who was killed in a 2019 shootout in Miramar.Family and friends held...
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
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article256372377.html
Miami Herald
Mayor Francis Suarez joins advisory board for this Miami luxury real estate firm
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has joined the board of advisors for South Florida luxury real estate firm ISG World, adding another responsibility to the mayor’s growing private portfolio.
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
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article256219857.html
Miami Herald
DeSantis’ border mission cost at least $1.6M, an amount that is expected to rise
Gov. Ron DeSantis over the summer sent dozens of Florida law enforcement officers and equipment to the southern border in Texas, and racked up a taxpayer-funded bill that so far amounts to at least $1.6 million but is expected to keep growing.
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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/
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/12/10/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-homestead/
Cbslocal
Officer-Involved Shooting Under Investigation In Homestead
A police-involved shooting is under investigation in Homestead.
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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/
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/
200 Key West residents protested on Thursday against the presence of large cruise ships on the island community, expressing frustration with lawmakers, who had canceled voters' decisions to reduce the role of the industry's role on the island.
Environmentalists on the island say that cruise ships cause severe damage to the ecosystem of the Keys, as video surfaced of dolphins and other marine life being driven away by the arrival of large cruise ships.
(Photos via Mark Hedden)
https://tequestablackstar.blackblogs.org/2021/12/12/key-west-protests-arrival-of-cruise-ships/
Environmentalists on the island say that cruise ships cause severe damage to the ecosystem of the Keys, as video surfaced of dolphins and other marine life being driven away by the arrival of large cruise ships.
(Photos via Mark Hedden)
https://tequestablackstar.blackblogs.org/2021/12/12/key-west-protests-arrival-of-cruise-ships/
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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
https://twitter.com/MIAagainstFash/status/1471685020523896832
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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!
Dozens of protesters gathered on Sunday outside of Chow Roofing Services’ office in Goulds, amid the company’s ongoing refusal to compensate workers for over $33,000 in stolen wages.
Miami-Dade County found Chow guilty of wage theft on May 18th, but the contractor continues to break the law by refusing to compensate workers for their unpaid labor.
https://tequestablackstar.blackblogs.org/2021/12/20/immigrant-workers-protest-wage-theft-by-chow-roofing-services/
Miami-Dade County found Chow guilty of wage theft on May 18th, but the contractor continues to break the law by refusing to compensate workers for their unpaid labor.
https://tequestablackstar.blackblogs.org/2021/12/20/immigrant-workers-protest-wage-theft-by-chow-roofing-services/
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MDPD cop savagely attacks and chokeholds a man at the Miami Int'l Airport who grabs his wrist
https://fxtwitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1473309054223233028
https://fxtwitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1473309054223233028
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Per new information on the attempted traffic stop by Boynton Beach police that killed a 13-year-old boy on a dirt bike, Tina Hunter identified Stanley Davis as her only grandson in an interview with WPTV 5.
“That was my grandson, my only grandson,” said Hunter. “They chased him, chased him. He just panicked because he’s a kid. Chased him right to his damn grave and figured he’s just another Black boy and ain’t nothing is going to be done. That’s the prejudice of the Boynton Beach police that we’ve been having problems for all these damn years.”
The Florida Highway Patrol stated that it was likely that Davis lost control of his bike before crashing into a curb and hitting a sign, where he was pronounced dead at the scene. Many Boynton Beach locals noted that there was a reason that other police departments in areas such as Marion County had policies forbidding officers from chasing people on motorcycles or dirt bikes, noting that such a protocol would have prevented the death of Stanley Davis Jr.
“That was my grandson, my only grandson,” said Hunter. “They chased him, chased him. He just panicked because he’s a kid. Chased him right to his damn grave and figured he’s just another Black boy and ain’t nothing is going to be done. That’s the prejudice of the Boynton Beach police that we’ve been having problems for all these damn years.”
The Florida Highway Patrol stated that it was likely that Davis lost control of his bike before crashing into a curb and hitting a sign, where he was pronounced dead at the scene. Many Boynton Beach locals noted that there was a reason that other police departments in areas such as Marion County had policies forbidding officers from chasing people on motorcycles or dirt bikes, noting that such a protocol would have prevented the death of Stanley Davis Jr.