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Miami Cops Keep Refusing to Use Their Body Cameras, Oversight Panel Warns

By Jerry IannelliJune 27, 2018

For years, the Civilian Investigative Panel (CIP) has been warning the Miami Police Department that its cops keep refusing to use their body cameras. Despite the fact that more than $1 million in federal and local public money had been spent on the cameras, the CIP — an independent group that looks into complaints against police — found in 2016 that dozens of cops still weren’t recording or uploading footage. In 2017, the CIP criticized MPD a second time for not fixing the problem.

Ten Signs You’re a Lifelong Marlins Fan

By Ryan YousefiJune 27, 2018

Being a Miami Marlins fan is a lot like being a garbage man: No one truly appreciates you, and they talk about you only when you don’t show up. It’s truly a thankless job. It wasn’t always that way, though. Being a Marlins fan was once cool. The Marlins were the new thing in town, and being a fan of them was your duty as a South Floridian.

Prosecutors Discussed Perjury Case Against MDPD Cops but Declined to File Charges

By Jerry IannelliJune 26, 2018

Earlier this year, investigators from the Miami-Dade Police Department and state prosecutors discussed whether to charge or discipline a group of MDPD officers for perjury, but they ultimately declined to do so. That’s according to documents New Times obtained today from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office in the case of Ephraim Casado, who was beaten on camera after being pulled over for allegedly littering and driving recklessly.

Prosecutors Haven’t Charged Miami-Dade Cops Despite Footage Showing Them Beating Man, Lying About It

By Jerry IannelliJune 26, 2018

Ephraim Casado allegedly did nothing but throw a bottle from his car March 27, 2017. According to documents and footage New Times obtained, Miami-Dade County cops responded by repeatedly punching him in the face, grinding his body into the asphalt, and painfully hoisting him into the air by his arms before arresting him on charges of “resisting an officer without violence.”

A Miami Urban Explorer Photographed Abandoned Mansions Across the South

By Brittany ShammasJune 25, 2018

For almost a decade, urban explorer David Bulit has been making his way into forgotten properties scattered across Florida, including Miami Marine Stadium, Glades Correctional Institution, and the Aerojet-Dade rocket facility. Many of them have long, storied pasts, which the 29-year-old Hialeah resident recounts on his blog, Abandoned Florida, alongside his behind-the-scenes photographs.

Family Describes Nightmare of Freeing Asylum-Seeking Teen From Homestead “Child Prison”

By Jerry IannelliJune 25, 2018

In late 2016, a 17-year-old Guatemalan teen fled her home. Her father was a prominent local politician and had been receiving repeated extortion threats over the past year. He had continually refused to pay, so his enemies warned they would kidnap his daughter. The threat was serious enough that she made the long, treacherous journey to the United States, where her aunt and uncle lived, to seek asylum.

Five Unanswered Questions About Miami’s Child-Migrant Compound

By Jerry IannelliJune 24, 2018

The entire state of Florida has been in something of an uproar after New Times reported Monday that the Trump administration had quietly re-opened a camp for child migrants in Homestead and placed nearly 1,200 children there without informing the public. Since then, politicians, reporters, and protesters have descended on…

Local Heroes Shout at Immigration Hypocrite Marco Rubio Outside Homestead Camp

By Jerry IannelliJune 22, 2018

Florida senator, immigration-detention-contractor-donation-taker, and walking logical fallacy Marco Rubio decided today, out of the kindness of whatever exists where his heart ought to be, to tour the Homestead Temporary Shelter of Unaccompanied Children. And because he is Marco Rubio and said words in public today, a bunch of protesters rightfully…

Miami Gardens Center for Migrant Kids Was Accused of Letting Infant Suffocate to Death

By Jerry IannelliJune 22, 2018

His House Children’s Home, a Miami Gardens facility that has housed young migrant children for the federal government, was accused in Broward County court of letting a small child fatally suffocate underneath a blanket. The boy was not an immigrant but a young minor brought to the facility in 2007 after being taken from his parents in Broward by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

The Definitive Ranking of South Florida’s Five Creepiest Mascots

By Ryan YousefiJune 21, 2018

Mascots have somehow been grandfathered in as normal in sports, but many of them closely toe the line between absolute horror show and lovable knockoff Disney character. Locally, we have quite a few that are pushing the envelop of creepiness. We love them, but even the biggest fans have to admit they’re nightmare fuel.

Miami Gardens Home for Migrant Children Might Have Mishandled 652 Kids, Feds Report

By Jerry Iannelli and OthersJune 20, 2018

The U.S. government has been sending unaccompanied immigrant minors to a Miami Gardens shelter called His House Children’s Home since at least 2008. In the past decade, the facility has been reportedly investigated by child-welfare advocates for abuse and has been cited by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) for “possibly” failing to follow policy when handling the cases of at least 652 children.

Hundreds Mourn XXXTentacion at Candlelight Vigil

By Tarpley HittJune 20, 2018

Around sundown Tuesday, the 3600 block of North Dixie Highway in Deerfield Beach was lined with cars. Police blocked off a section of NE 37th Street just outside Riva Motorsports, where the controversial SoundCloud rapper XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, had been gunned down the previous day. Fans streamed in by the hundreds, holding white candles, balloons, and chalk to decorate the spot where he died.

Miami Beach Commissioner Threatens to Ban Child-Migrant Contractor From City Business

By Jerry IannelliJune 20, 2018

Running a detention camp for migrant children taken from their parents is not great for PR. Two days after New Times broke news that the Trump administration had quietly sent more than 1,000 migrant children to a guarded compound in Homestead, Miami Beach Commissioner Ricky Arriola is threatening to ban one of the contractors running the facility, Comprehensive Health Services, from doing business in his city.