Miami-Dade TNT Unit Loses the War on Drugs and Liberty City's Trust

Miami Dade has not lost anything in Liberty City or the War on Drugs. North side district is tantamount to a slum in Iraq. The police are doing a fine job despite the fact that our crooked corrupt government spends hundreds of millions on a baseball stadium rather than funding law enforcement. I am outraged that the highlight of your story is the focus on police brutality and harrasment. I wish you'd ride with a Northside District officer and see what they are up against. With just a small squad officers patrolling 5 square miles of crime, crack, shoot outs, prostitution, drug dealers and strippers how do you expect them the police to be unnerved, jittery, scared, and hardcore. Wake up they are not policing Beverly hills or sitting back at your computer dreaming of how police are brutal and searching for the perfect derogatory adjective. Wake up.

That was a TNI Miami Heat game point SLAM!

How about allowing the Hells Angel some space for her Freedom of Speech since all of the decorated soldiers I have met stated to me, "I DID IT FOR YOU, JUDY!"

The police need to do some investigations then make some meaningful and effective arrest instead of harassing poor people for misdemeanors.

The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

I find the Miami New times very biased against cops. I agree that there is corruption everywhere, heck didn't we have a newsreporter who got busted the other day? What about that Doctor in Highlands County that treated kids, but instead of treating them, he gave them penal remedies. Or what about our great crooked attorney that sunk 1 Billion dollares out of investors? This last one affected the Miami Hurricanes football team, and its going to be years before there really any good. I don't agree with the cuting of the cargo and other high crimes unit, but you still need units like TNT to bust the low level stuff. The cops that are crooked, well, each one has there day. They all fall, but to outright blast a unit, man this place really is the banna republic.

All these nasty pigs trying to defend their "reputation" makes me sick. I know the TNT crew very well and they are a bunch of pigs; talk about corruption and arresting people for no reason. Why don't they document their operations on video? this would clear so many issues and cases would not go to trial. They lie in court, they lie in depos, they lie when they write these fake arrest forms. Every defense attorney in Miami Dade knows how they operate, and to say otherwise is stupid. They are scumbags, they are corrupted and they abuse their power. How about those TNT cops with FB pictures throwing gang signs, smoking blunts....bunch of nasty pigs

I give you credit Major Nanny for acknowledging the fact that Daniel Fernandez was a bad cop! Credit to TNT for not accepting him, because all knew he was trouble. I just wish he had been taken off the street a lot sooner than he was.

It's not that the public is afraid to fix problems, nor is it that they do not want to snitch. The reality is that, sadly, the public is having a more difficult time determining "Dope Boyz" from the police. Gone is the day when a young boy could look up to a policeman with respect. Now they look at at a policeman with suspicion Good? or Bad? Yes, there is that percentage of police officers that took the oath, wear the badge with pride and go out there and risk their lives on a daily basis. Sadly, these are the same cops that chose to look the other way when one of their "brothers" or "sisters" chose to tarnish that badge and walk the streets and think they have the right to intimidate and ruin the lives of others.

When the Dope Boyz.....run your block who do you call.......when they shoot infront of your homes and your families who do you call..................When you see your family members or friends strung out on drugs but dont' want to be a snitch...who do you call................everything criminal in the streets revolves around drugs......so don't hate what you need.......and to answer the question....who do you call.................."Its not the Boy Scouts".......its probably going to be me and my Brothers and Sisters................"T.NT.".........we fix the problems youre afraid of.............................This article is full of incorrect statements or facts......plz Author if you are really about telling the truth get your facts together......noboy in TNT was ever arrested fact one............check your facts........really check it.....alot of people read your newspapers even police officers and their families......(even children) and to have their fathers names printed in such a fashion with incorrect facts and allegations is truly hurtful.....think again about what you wrote.........its takes a Bigger Man to stand up and admit that certain allegations were incorrect in this article. ...........Well to all the people writing negative remarks I understand you may have had negative incidents with Officers in your past but dont look at this article as what TNT represents or what it says we are............

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my classmate's step-mother made $12764 past week. she been working on the internet and moved in a $400300 home. All she did was get blessed and make use of the information reported on this website

Just what we need a bunch of pot heads in jail, i would rather have some real criminals in jail murders,robbers ,rapist and gang member.

lots of people,big corporations to the very rich and poor donate money to the fraternal order of police,this money is used to help the police,but if there is bad officers on the force then we as citizens must pressure their organisation to stop asking for money from us and tell them to do something about the miami dade police force,you see how it worked with the trayvon case,ok my people google the fraternal order of police get their number let them know all donations will stop unless something is done to stop this corrupt police of the TNT,we need good officers in miami we need good cops who will work with the people in the ignored areas of miami,change will never happen unless we act together.

people google fraternal order of police call them the more people call them the better for miami dade TNT will have to answere to the organization this organization collects money from the very rich and big corporations and the not so fortunate as well,citizens send in lots of money help the police pressure the organization,in turn the heat comes down on the cheif of police and the city manager of miami to remove the currupt cops and hire good officers who will work with the public,its obvious the current officers are not wanted in the community.google fraternal order of police call complain that we want better ,everybody must do this now

ok we know the bad,sent all your comments to the fraternal order of police,trust me they are the ones who call us for donations for the police agencys across the nation yes including miami,a big police organization that would not like this news about miamis tnt unit corruption thats www.fraternatorderofpolice.com but we need the good officers we need the good police officers,

This article is not only poorly written, it's misleading and inaccurate. The police don't care about harmless people smoking grass. Yes, some people were arrested for marijuana possession, but that's not why the police were there. These neighborhoods are infested with a shit load of crack cocaine and some heroin. Both of which destroy communities and lives. These people sell and use crack in front of children and innocent neighbors. It's disgusting. For those who've never seen the inside of these neighborhoods first hand (and it's safe to say that most New Times readers have not), you'd be more than dismayed by the misery that permeates these neighborhoods. How would you like to be paying a mortgage when your neighbors are selling and/or usiing crack and coke only feet away? These drugs destry the moral fiber of these communites. Women are selling themselves for a hit of crack. Many have lost custody of their children because of their crack addiction. These drugs don't just affect the drug user, they affect their families and community. There are far reaching moral and financial consequences. In many cases, their "low" is jail. They need this low to finally seek sobriety. Until you've seen the inner workings of these dope holes, you really have no idea. There are some people who can't afford to live anywhere else and shouldn't have to live with that crap in their neighborhood.

This was not a war on marijuana. Marijuana doesn't have the same affect on people and neighborhoods as crack. The targets of the investigation didn't have any crack on them at the time of the raid.. plain and simple. So.... Miami New Times readers, go live in those neighborhoods and get back to me... I'd love to hear your opinion once you're in the middle of that hot mess. I've worked with those people in those neighborhoods and I thank my lucky starts each day that I get to go home to a safe, quiet neighborhood many miles away.

This is the stupidest group of people I've ever worked with who are not legally retarded.

More like MPD "BLEACH" unit - Bullshit Law Enforcement Asshole Cops Handjob unit - stroking the taxpayers for the full load. Good riddance.

watch "hood life, volume 3" on you tube. that is exactly what TNT has to deal with.

a beefy cop tackles him, knocking down his 1-year-old, who screams in terror.

WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT

Sitting under a tree "sharing a cigar."......are you fucking serious?

Francisco you forgot this:

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Francisco there's so much blatant bullshit in this story that even you cannot keep up with it! You start off with 3 upstanding members of society sitting under a tree [sharing] a cigar. Right off the bat you're full of shit. Would love to know how much these citizens have costs us tax payers in the past decade in welfare, unemployment, food stamps, sect 8 housing etc. But enough of that. A couple of pages later their own mom, who appears to be the last gainfully employed individual in the entire family (the obvious blessings of 5 decades of lib/dem progress), freely admits they were busted for pot. Yet only one paragraph later we learn that one of the three was actually busted for cocaine possession. Gee Franky, what are the chances that this guy actually possessed coke bearing in mind that that is what he was actually busted for? BTW I'm not a gung-ho supporter of the police here. There are a lot of bad ones in MD. But if you cannot keep your own story straight on such relevant details perhaps you've eaten a shit sandwich of your own making.

Come on M.N.T. this sounds more like of a pro marijuana story. Yes, they should just legalize marijuana and that would be the end of this topic but for now its illegal. Your story fails to mention the thousands of shootings each year in these neighborhoods and hundreds shot and killed. Sometimes the cops have to resort to low end crimes in order to find other crimes. Note to self; if your stopped for just a joint, let the cops do their jobs chances are you wont end up in a patty wagon but start mouth'n off and giving them a hard time then you will take the ride. Cops want to catch the real criminals not deal with petty crimes instead of being ignorant and thinking every cop is a "Rodney King Cop" help them clean up YOUR neighborhoods. Stop and talk to the officers they are human not robots out to get you.

No way dude now why didnt I ever think of that? Wow.Get-Anon.tk

Corruption in Australia does not make this story any less-true, sorry about your country's misdeeds but I think you miss the point

Bigger issues at hand. I'm in Australia and marijuana is just as illegal. How about get over it? I seem to live my life perfectly fine without relying on illicit drugs. But seriously an article trying to demonize the police for excessive force? Read Australian history and THAT is police excessive force. Eg Aboriginal Stolen Genetation (google it), the armed robbery squad in Melbourne that used to randomly shoot suspects (ironic, huh?) and do yourself a favour and download Underbelly (any series proves the point) if you want to know about REAL corruption. Oh and let's not forget the police who impose western law on non English speaking traditionally living remote Aboriginal communities. And all the cowboy cops in the Northern Territory. AND YET I still trust the police, because those examples don't represent ALL coppers.

I agree with the statements made - this article is biased,  garbage "journalism" siding with and almost supporting criminal activity.  To start, the 3 individuals the author paints as innocent bystanders wrongfully ambushed by police officers enforcing the law (AKA doing their job) are all habitual offenders with criminal records... Extensive criminal records ranging from multiple drug possession charges, to grand theft, to domestic violence. No violent pasts? Wrong again - all 3 have battery charges, including resisting arrest and battery on officers. Help yourselves to their public criminal records on the Miami-Dade Clerk Public Criminal Records website . It is obvious that this house was known for drug use/activity, so who's to say an arrest such as this doesn't stem from a concerned, fed up neighbor calling in a complaint for drug use and criminal behavior in their neighborhood? Are we as a society supposed to let drug users run rampant and engage in criminal behavior while turning a blind eye?  The author is a blatant proponent of marijuana use, and while marijuana is nowadays seen as a lesser threat than other substances on the street, it is still illegal making those who posses it guilty of breaking the law, whether at home or in public.  I find it entertaining that the author attempts to paint a picture of poor, innocent  Mr. Level who now can't get a job b/c of his drug history. He didn't care so much when he was puffing on a joint... a person who smokes marijuana is clearly not seeking employment, at least not traditional employment which requires drug testing. Nice try. I guarantee his unemployment has lead him to a hard life of sitting on his rear, happily collecting WIC and Medicaid for his children, along with cash assistance to supply his habit, which all comes from our tax dollars. Talk to me about wasted tax dollars now...

State all facts before you paint such a hideous picture, Mr. Alvarado. Why don't you mention the good  TNT has accomplished in between your accusations of them terrorizing neighborhoods? How these marijuana arrests you deem so insignificant and petty have lead to the recovery of fugitives, guns,  pounds of marijuana and massive amounts of cocaine, crack, etc being taken off the streets? If you were to look at those stats you would put your foot in your mouth. How about mentioning the commendations and positive recognition for their hard work? Why don't you shed some light on that? Talk about the habitual, violent offenders TNT has put behind bars to protect innocent people (like you and your family, I presume) instead of trashing them. Must be nice to know you're coming home after a long day of writing in a nice coffee shop while these guys go out there and deal with the scum of the earth day in and day out. How about you go on a ride along with them and then talk. I doubt you have the testicles to do that. 

Yes, there are some bad apples and their behavior is inexcusable, but it's unfair to stack them all in the same pile.  It's easy for everyone on here to sit back and call police officers pigs and bacon and all that nonsense, but when the crap hits the fan it's YOU calling THEM for help. When someone breaks into your house or car or robs your mom or God forbid assaults your daughters, it is them you call to protect you and help you.

So, every "victim" you have described here was actually breaking the law. This article is a weak attempt by a liberal rag to make a case for legalizing drugs. If you don't like the laws, try to get them changed. That is the beauty of this Country. I'm glad the police are arresting criminals.

Its funny how they speak of these nice guys just hanging out doing nothing wrong right...WRONG they were smoking weed illegal!! in front of kids right ... why would you even right an article about this what a waste of time. Criminals will always talk bad about the police because the police put them in jail for doing the wrong thing!!! Awesome job New times >> lets report on more important thing instead of giving these loser criminals the time of day. trust me if you do the right thing like the rest of us law abiding citizes you wont have a unit like TNT on your door steps. I dont smoke weed in my lawn nor do i sell crack therefor TNT wont be at my house anytime soon. and no im not a cop just someone who thinks right is right and wrong is wrong.

I agree with the statements made above - this article is biased,  garbage "journalism" siding with and almost supporting criminal activity.  To start, the 3 individuals the author paints as innocent bystanders wrongfully ambushed by police officers enforcing the law (AKA doing their job) are all habitual offenders with criminal records... Extensive criminal records ranging from multiple drug possession charges, to grand theft, to domestic violence. No violent pasts? Wrong again - all 3 have battery charges, including resisting arrest and battery on officers. Help yourselves to their public criminal records at http://www2.miami-dadeclerk.co... . It is obvious that this house was known for drug use/activity, so who's to say an arrest such as this doesn't stem from a concerned, fed up neighbor calling in a complaint for drug use and criminal behavior in their neighborhood? Are we as a society supposed to let drug users run rampant and engage in criminal behavior while turning a blind eye?  It seems to me the author is a proponent of marijuana use, and while marijuana is nowadays seen as a lesser threat than other substances on the street, it is still illegal making those who posses it guilty of breaking the law (home or in public.) While we're on the subject, I find it entertaining that the author attempts to paint a picture of poor, innocent  Mr. Level who now can't get a job b/c of his drug history. He didn't care so much when he was puffing on a joint... a person who smokes marijuana is clearly not seeking employment, at least not traditional employment which requires drug testing. Nice try. I guarantee his unemployment has lead him to a hard life of happily collecting WIC and Medicaid for his children, along with cash assistance to supply his habit, which all comes from our tax dollars - so those of you complaining about wasting tax payers' money on police doing their jobs can Cry me a river!

State all facts before you paint such a hideous picture, Mr. Alvarado. Why don't you mention the good  TNT has accomplished in between your accusations of them terrorizing neighborhoods? How these marijuana arrests you deem so insignificant and petty have lead to the recovery of fugitives, guns,  pounds of marijuana and massive amounts of cocaine, crack, etc being taken off the streets? How about mentioning the commendations and positive recognition for their hard work? Why don't you shed some light on that? Talk about the habitual, violent offenders TNT has put behind bars to protect innocent people (like you and your family, I presume) instead of talking about how wrong it is to give gifts to kids who may have not had a gift on Christmas if not for those horrible officers you freely criticize and defame in your article. Shame on you. 

Yes, there are some bad apples and their behavior is inexcusable, but it's unfair to stack them all in the same pile.  It's easy for everyone on here to sit back and call police officers pigs and bacon and all that jazz, but when the crap hits the fan it's YOU calling THEM for help. When someone breaks into your house or car or robs your mom or God forbid assaults your daughters, it is them you call to protect you and help you. 

Wow, what a crazy article. I don't know the facts behind the case mentioned in this article but I have had a couple of run in with TNT over the years. My family owns a business in Opa-locka and has for 35 years. Unfortunately the neighborhood where we are located has become drug and crime infestide. I have always been happy to see the police in the neighborhood taking enforcement action against these thugs, especially TNT. The article says they wear gray uniforms but in my neighborhood they wear brown. I haven't seen them in gray.

Anyway, back to my run ins with them. On 2 occasions I have been stopped leaving my business which forces me to drive through a pretty nasty drug area. The TNT officers that stopped me advised me that they were conducting an investigation. I was polite and cooperated fully with the officers. After about 10 min or so they said it was ok and I was free to go. Yes an inconvence but I am happy they were doing there job. The second time a Sergeant responded and even apologized for the mistake another officer had actually stopped the vehicle they were looking for on another block.

Overall as a business owner I'm glad to see them. We have a sever Crack problem here and TNT takes care of business. But if it was people smoking weed I would want them arrested too. People love to think weed is ok but it's still illegal. Until its not GO GET THEM TNT!

Drugwar is an epic failure it is time to end this abuse of power nationwide! Its just not working and it is insane to keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results!

Its funny how fake reporters create a fake story and call it jounalism lying in their story

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MDPD has been doing a good job . The "low level criminals" that this article glorifies are the ones that degrade the quality of life in these neighborhoods.

Would open dope dealing and drug using be allowed in Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay,etc? So why should it be allowed in the poorer neighborhoods. The law-abiding citizens of the poorer neighborhoods deserve to live in a crime-free environment also.

I still can't believe that any newspaper would publish this trash. The writer of this article is obviously poorly informed and a skilled LIAR. The members of TNT work the most dangerous streets in Miami-Dade county everyday. They deal with muderers, rapist, robbers, and a plethora of violent criminals daily, all of which buy or sell narcotics. They do what most(especially the writer of this article) are too scared to do. It's easy to hide behind a bunch of lies in an article just like the coward you are, but these MDPD officers risk their necks daily in order to make all these complainers feel safe at night and now they are doing it for about 20% less pay. You should be grateful that unit such as TNT exist, because that's one more shield between criminal scumbags and your nicely manicured backyard.

LIBERTY CITY'S TRUST ?

Liberty City residents never had any TRUST in the MIAMI POLICE ...

You can't lose what you never had ...

A little too much dramatic license Francisco ...

Besides one could ask ... What's new ? ... these actions play out everyday in Liberty City

Guess you must be working for a Pulitzer ...

Obviously if grandma's angels were arrested for cocaine possession and marijuana they weren't smoking black and milds!!! It wasn't four people arrested for one joint if there was a lso cocaine. Where do we draw the line? It's just weed? It's just cocaine? It's just possession of a firearm? It's just a drive-by shooting?

Well I've worked with the PD office as well as defense attorneys and your officers are so desperate they ghve to break the law to get cases filled in court by procecutor shopping ... Det Breso and his group are using Ci and telling the prosecutors that they get anonymous tips so as not to have the scrutiny or validity of their cases reviewed So as ussual is the juice worth the squeeze if you have to lie cheat and steal to get your job done Rebut that Major

TNT is how you walk back to the dealer's house and his dealer's house etc. In 70 years of narcotics enforcement the only more effective methods are electronic surveillance and U/Cs and long term physical surveillance. Both more expensive and employed past the 1/4 key level.

I agree with the statements made above - this article is biased,  garbage "journalism" siding with and almost supporting criminal activity.  To start, the 3 individuals the author paints as innocent bystanders wrongfully ambushed by police officers enforcing the law (AKA doing their job) are all habitual offenders with criminal records... Extensive criminal records ranging from multiple drug possession charges, to grand theft, to domestic violence. No violent pasts? Wrong again - all 3 have battery charges, including resisting arrest and battery on officers. Help yourselves to their public criminal records at http://www2.miami-dadeclerk.co... . It is obvious that this house was known for drug use/activity, so who's to say an arrest such as this doesn't stem from a concerned, fed up neighbor calling in a complaint for drug use and criminal behavior in their neighborhood? Are we as a society supposed to let drug users run rampant and engage in criminal behavior while turning a blind eye?  It seems to me the author is a proponent of marijuana use, and while marijuana is nowadays seen as a lesser threat than other substances on the street, it is still illegal making those who posses it guilty of breaking the law (home or in public.) While we're on the subject, I find it entertaining that the author attempts to paint a picture of poor, innocent  Mr. Level who now can't get a job b/c of his drug history. He didn't care so much when he was puffing on a joint... a person who smokes marijuana is clearly not seeking employment, at least not traditional employment which requires drug testing. Nice try. I guarantee his unemployment has lead him to a hard life of happily collecting WIC and Medicaid for his children, along with cash assistance to supply his habit, which all comes from our tax dollars. Cry me a river!

State all facts before you paint such a hideous picture, Mr. Alvarado. Why don't you mention the good  TNT has accomplished in between your accusations of them terrorizing neighborhoods? How these marijuana arrests you deem so insignificant and petty have lead to the recovery of fugitives, guns,  pounds of marijuana and massive amounts of cocaine, crack, etc being taken off the streets? How about mentioning the commendations and positive recognition for their hard work? Why don't you shed some light on that? Talk about the habitual, violent offenders TNT has put behind bars to protect innocent people (like you and your family, I presume) instead of talking about how wrong it is to give gifts to kids who may have not had a gift on Christmas if not for those horrible officers you freely criticize and defame in your article. Shame on you. 

Yes, there are some bad apples and their behavior is inexcusable, but it's unfair to stack them all in the same pile.  It's easy for everyone on here to sit back and call police officers pigs and bacon and all that jazz, but when the crap hits the fan it's YOU calling THEM for help. When someone breaks into your house or car or robs your mom or God forbid assaults your daughters, it is them you call to protect you and help you. 

This is an awful, biased attempt at journalism. Anyone with an understanding of the 4th Amendment knows that in order to enter a structure and arrest individuals, you need either probable cause or a search warrant. That said, when TNT entered Grandma Level's home to arrest her angels, they were obviously operating off of previous intelligence. Your overall criticism of the war on drugs is that offenders get out of jail quickly. While that is true, that is not an indictment of the Miami Dade Police Department, but instead of our judicial system. The entirety of your article has nothing to do with the inadequacies of MDPD. Law enforcement is given to task of ENFORCING THE FLORIDA STATUTES. TNT did that. Whatever happens beyond that is up to the State Attorney.

I can't believe the New Times published such trash. If you disagree with our nation's drug laws, so be it. To indict the legitimate and proactive activities of MDPD for the sake of pushing your ideological agenda is unprofessional and shameful.