Leonardo Mercado

Miami Police: Jury Finds a "Policy" of Abuse

Miguel Exposito Suspended As Miami Police Chief By City Manager Johnny Martinez

​That was quick! We were all set to start a "Miguel Exposito Firing Watch" at Riptide today after numerous reports surfaced on Friday that he was going to be suspended and possibly fired today. But City Manager Johnny Martinez beat us to the punch!Moments ago, Martinez suspended Exposito after a c ... More >>

Unfriendly Fire

You know things have gone wrong when city cops Taser one of their own

Prosecuting the Police

The State Attorney's Office takes heat no matter what the outcome

Riptide

Serious downplaying

Wynwood's White Elephant

Miami's foreign-trade zone is a giant, peach-and-mauve testament to the city's incompetence

Policing the Police

An investigation into complaints about police use of excessive force confirms what many citizens already believe: Cops cover for cops

The Boulder Boys Must Die

When federal prosecutors seek the death penalty in drug-related murders, the defendants are almost always black. Why should Miami's first "kingpin" case be any exception?

Type O Personalities

The world's foremost bloodstain-pattern analysts convene at a local Holiday Inn to trade gore stories and chatter about spatter

Mosaic of a Murder

Raul Rodriguez said he killed a man during a 1991 holdup at Malaga restaurant. At his trial this spring, the jury didn't see it that way.

Power to the Parish

Father Jose Luis Menendez of Wynwood takes the church to the people and the people to the streets