In an eight month period eight black men were shot and killed by officers of the Miami police department. While many within the community saw this as a problem worth looking into, it’s taken a bit longer to get the attention of officials. Last week, however, the Department of Justice announced it would be looking into the shootings to determine the cause. [Read more…]
Occupy Tampa Protesters Beg To Be Arrested?
The “Occupy” movement is in full swing in Tampa, where news reports of protester-police relationships are varied, interesting, and often conflicting. Conflicting reports about Occupy movements across the country are not surprising as the mainstream media doesn’t seem to know how to handle the protests that don’t resemble any other movement of recent years. [Read more…]
Thousands of DUI Convictions Possibly Based on Flawed Test Results
According to Tampa Bay’s 10 News, a problem with breathalyzer tests may have led to “thousands” of people in Florida being convicted of DUI when they weren’t drunk at all. The problem is in the calibration of the machine, and in the fact that the state knew about the problem and did nothing to remedy it. [Read more…]
Lake County FL May Get Sex Offender “Colony”
There are tight restrictions placed on sex offenders—where they can live, where they can work, and who they can communicate with are all governed by the rules of their release and their requirements to register. But one woman is hoping to make things easier for those offenders and reportedly the public who fears them, by giving them their own community. [Read more…]
Florida Innocence Commission Studies False Confessions, Interrogations
The Tallahassee based Florida Innocence Commission has begun a new study, this one to analyze statewide interrogation tactics in an effort to limit false confessions and wrongful convictions. Earlier this year, the group completed a study on eyewitness questioning, a study that led to statewide policy. They are hoping this study goes in the same direction. [Read more…]
Cocaine Use & Abuse on the Decline
Miami, the city known as the hub of cocaine trafficking in its heyday is now leading the way in the waning cocaine trend, according to the Miami Herald. Though the reasons for this drop in cocaine presence are multiple, including the bleak economic system, it seems the drug is being replaced with cheaper and easier to obtain substances. [Read more…]
Miami Police Chief Exposito Suspended After Tumultuous Few Years
Miami City Manager Johnny Martinez suspended Police Chief Miguel Exposito this week for failing to obey orders and taking “other actions that indicate just and reasonable cause to demonstrate that you cannot properly perform your duties as chief of police,” according to the suspension letter. The city commission has five days to meet and determine if there is cause for Exposito’s removal, though Exposito is already planning on challenging the suspension. [Read more…]
Florida Prescription Drug Tracking On-Line
The prescription drug tracking system which passed the legislature in 2009 is finally up and running as of midnight Thursday night. After issues with funding and an effort by Governor Scott to kill the program, Florida has become the 36th state to create such a system in the battle against prescription drug abuse. [Read more…]
Cohabitation Of Unmarried Couples Illegal in Florida
Here’s an interesting Florida law most people don’t now about: Unmarried couples living together is a second degree misdemeanor criminal offense. [Read more…]
Florida Bans City Restrictions on Guns
The State of Florida is in charge of gun laws there and they don’t want cities and localities infringing on their authority. That’s the argument behind a new law that effectively strikes down all local laws limiting gun ownership. And the law has some teeth. For cities and counties that refuse to back down, there will be fines. [Read more…]
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