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Keith JohnsMiami-based folk singer Keith Johns flipped the script on the traditional folkie origin story. Just two years ago, he was a physicist working at a carbon dating lab by day and writing and recording music by night. His efforts resulted in the 2014 EP Maps and Plans, and by the time he released his full-length […]
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Botched Javier Ortiz Investigation Exemplifies Internal Affairs’ History of Incompetence and Coverups

Internal Affairs concluded that the allegations of improper procedure and discourtesy against Ortiz were not sustained. During his tenure as a City of Miami police officer, Ortiz has racked up 38 citizen complaints regarding 56 different allegations of misconduct, according to his IA summary obtained by New Times. Only six of those complaints have been sustained (five for improper procedure and one for discourtesy).
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Carmelo Anthony and the Miami Heat Need Each Other

Reportedly, the Miami Heat and Carmelo Anthony are both considering swiping right on the NBA free agency Tinder app. They should do it. The timing is right. They need each other. The whole idea makes too much sense. Seal the deal. Carmelo Anthony is coming off, somehow, both...
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Florida Invalidates More Absentee Ballots From Black, Young Voters

Just before the November 2016 election, a federal judge forced the Florida Division of Elections to allow rejected absentee-ballot voters to correct mistakes on their mailed-in forms. Yet somehow even more ballots ended up being rejected in that election than in 2012 — and younger voters and voters of color, who overwhelmingly lean to the left, had their ballots invalidated at a far higher rate.
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Miami Cops Keep Refusing to Use Their Body Cameras, Oversight Panel Warns

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.