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Man Beaten By Police on Halloween Charged with Resisting Arrest

By Kyle MunzenriederNovember 24, 2010

Gilberto Matamoros, the 21-year-old man who’s brutal beating at the hands of out-of-control City of Miami police officers on Halloween night in Coconut Grove was caught on YouTube, is being charged with resisting arrest. There’s still no clear explanation given for what exactly caused officers to repeatedly punch Matamoros in…

Downtown’s No-Panhandling Zone is SB1070 For Miami’s Homeless

By Gus Garcia-RobertsNovember 24, 2010

Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial “no-panhandling zone” surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. “This isn’t a homeless issue,” Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Riptide of the revised law. “It’s a panhandling issue.”Why are we getting the feeling that the very…

Re-Kindle Your Love Affair with Black Friday via Amazon

By Victor GonzalezNovember 24, 2010

​Black Friday is a vicious “holiday.” It’s a wretched display of hyper-consumerism, and anyone–who isn’t homeless–that spends the night outside of a big-box retailer deserves to choke on a wishbone. Saving a few bucks on a 42-inch LCD television is rad, but not if you risk giving passers a migraine…