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These Are Our Favorite “Miami Miracle” T-Shirts Depicting the Dolphins’ Stunning Win Over the Patriots
When there is an intersection of profit and making fun of the Patriots, the internet never fails to capitalize.
People Keep Mistaking Sun Sentinel Reporter Scott Travis for Rapper Travis Scott
On Thursday afternoon, a surprising message popped up in Sun Sentinel reporter Scott Travis’ Twitter inbox. “yo your fucking denver show was fucking raging i bought one of your fire shirts and someone stole that shit out my hand tryna send me some merch? gang” wrote someone with the handle @KSwizz93…
Florida Cops Win Right to Use “Stand Your Ground’ Defense in On-Duty Shootings
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed that cops can kill civilians under the Stand Your Ground law.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Pushing Jail Privatization Wants to Move “Quickly”
A plan to have a private investor build and possibly operate a new Miami-Dade jail is moving forward. County Commissioner Esteban Bovo first proposed the idea at an October meeting of the Chairman’s Policy Council. The plan involves replacing the county’s crumbling jails with new ones financed through “P3.”
Florida Democratic Party Treasurer Resigns, Says Black Voices Were Not “Respected” by Party
The Florida Democratic Party is, without question, in the running for “most inept” Democratic state-level institution in America. There are currently more registered Democrats than Republicans here, but the GOP has managed to control the governor’s mansion since 2001 and will remain there until at least 2022. There are signs that,…
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Parkland Commission Chairman’s Support of Sheriff Outrages Victims’ Families
As chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, Bob Gualtieri was supposed to bring accountability to the families that lost loved ones in that school’s massacre on Valentine’s Day. But Tuesday, Gualtieri slapped those families across the face…
The Heat Gets Pink “Vice” Jerseys but Still Won’t Make Them Permanent
The Miami Heat’s “Vice” jerseys are the best in the National Basketball League. ESPN today declared them the “coolest” uniforms in basketball. More important, South Floridians love the alternate color scheme: Neon Vice merchandise is all over the region. The jerseys are the highest-selling alternate uniforms in NBA history, and the team is now even peddling the neon Vice logo on car license plates.
Mom Sues Miami-Dade for Shooting Her 15-Year-Old Daughter During Memorial Day Weekend
A lawsuit questions Miami-Dade officers training after hip-hop weekend shooting.
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Five Holiday Gift Ideas for Miami’s Most Recognizable Sports People
We find the perfect gift for Miami sports stars.
Florida Lawmaker Files Anti-Immigrant “E-Verify” Bill to Ban Undocumented Workers
Florida State Rep. Thad Altman was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1955. He moved to Florida in 1957 and has been basically a carpetbagger delivering Deep South hatred ever since. He’s earned one of those old-white-dude names that is essentially just “Monocle Q. Racism.” In a depressingly on-trend move for…
Here’s the Weirdest, Worst Stuff We Saw at Art Basel and Art Miami 2018
Maybe 20 percent of the pieces at any Miami Art Week fair are fantastic. About 75 percent are either trite or meaningless. But the final 5 percent is where the fairs truly shine: Every one has something in the realm of five to ten pieces that truly, genuinely suck in spectacular fashion.
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North Bay Village Is Tiny, but Absolutely Looney-Tunes Crazy UPDATED
North Bay Village is made up of three tiny islands in the middle of Biscayne Bay. But it has the best politics. Not long ago, the police chief, city attorney, and several other key officials were fired. Then old pro Manager Frank Rollason, his deputy manager, and a secretary quit. In…
University of Miami Studying Why Transgender Women Have a Higher HIV Rate
Among the general population, less than 1 percent of Americans are HIV positive. But for transgender women, the rate is astonishingly higher — almost 22 percent, or more than one in five. No one knows exactly why. Now, researchers at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine are looking…
Father Sues After Prosecutors Failed to Charge Guard Who Beat His Teenage Son
On February 12, 2017, Darell Bryant tossed a 14-year-old child to the ground and punched him in the face, breaking his nose. Video footage obtained by the Miami Herald as part of their exposé on guards in Florida’s juvenile detention facilities stoking violence among the incarcerated children shows Bryant slamming the child against a wall, then hurling him to the ground and pummeling him in the face.
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Video: Miami Cops Violently Shove Crowd at Air Jordan Shoe Release
Miami Police officers said they had to shut down an Air Jordan shoe-release event at the Miami nightclub E11even this past Saturday after cops said patrons got too “rowdy” while waiting for sneakers. Video shows crowds surging against metal barriers in an unsafe manner.
Ortiz-Backed Group Loses Control of Miami Police Union
Javier Ortiz has led the City of Miami Fraternal Order of Police since 2011. In that time, he has racked up excessive-force complaints, been sued a few times, and said demonstrably racist things on social media. He has also mysteriously escaped punishment after multiple Internal Affairs investigations and nearly lost his job after he got caught harassing a police critic online. He appeared to be made from Teflon.
ICE Is Getting Legal Advice From South Florida’s Private-Prison Giant, Emails Show
Before the federal government sued California in an attempt to open the state to private-prison contractors, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sought the advice of GEO Group, the Boca Raton-based, multibillion-dollar private-detention-facility corporation. Mother Jones broke news of the close ties between GEO and ICE’s legal team this past Friday. New Times has…
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Hate Goes Mainstream With the Miami Proud Boys
Inside a rundown Lauderhill strip mall sits Hair and Such, Nothing but Wings II, and the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office, where ballots are being recounted in three closely watched statewide elections. Outside, about 60 protesters gather in the parking lot. Some of them sport Make America Great Again…
The Dolphins Pulled Off the Miracle in Miami to Beat the Patriots
The Dolphins were 69 yards from the end zone, down five points with seven seconds left and no timeouts remaining. The game, and likely the season, seemed over. Knowing the Dolphins had but one shot at a Hail Mary attempt, the Patriots dropped back tight end Rob Gronkowski as a…
Here Are the South Floridians Suing Over Their ICE Detentions
When Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez made a snap decision in 2017 to capitulate to Donald Trump’s threats and force the county to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lawyers warned that innocent people were going to wind up getting hurt. The head of the Florida American Civil Liberties Union…
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Miami Proposes $1.3 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Accused First 48 Subject
In 2014, New Times writer Terrence McCoy found 15 Miami men who’d been accused of murder on the A&E TV show the First 48 — and later walked free because they’d been wrongfully accused. Taiwan Smart was one of those men: In 2009, Smart contacted the City of Miami Police Department to…