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  Black Police Union Calls for Ouster of Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina

  November 15 at 12:15 p.m.

  There's no question Chief Jorge Colina inherited a police force riddled with problems. When he took over for Rudy Llanes in January 2018, the Miami Police Department was already under a federal consent decree owing to a pattern of excessive force and shootings. Complaints from black citizens had been skyrocketing...

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  Miami Cops Hid Testimony From Survivor in Fatal Bike Crash "Cover-up," Panel Says

  November 15 at 9 a.m.

  When Yoinis Cruz Peña crashed his motorcycle into an I-95 retaining wall, flew off an overpass, and died May 27, 2018, the friends who biked alongside him said he had been chased off the highway by Miami police officers.

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  Video: Man Says Broward Sheriff SWAT Team Broke Into His House Without Search Warrant

  November 12 at 8 a.m.

  Johnny Emmanuel has given many family members keys to his house. But none of them, he says, is able to open a side door at his Fort Lauderdale home — a door even he doesn't use. So when he got a text from his home-security system August 19 alerting him that someone had opened the auxiliary door, he assumed someone was breaking into his house.

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  Miami Woman Injured in Crash Says Police Failed to Warn Drivers of Ongoing Chase

  November 11 at 1:09 p.m.

  When she was broadsided by a woman in a stolen car, Amanda Robinson had no idea what had happened. In the early morning of August 9, 2017, she was driving south on Biscayne Boulevard when another motorist plowed into the side of her Kia Sorento. First responders used the jaws of life to free her from the crushed SUV.

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  Miami-Dade Cops Want Permanent Access to Controversial Facial Recognition Database

  November 8 at 9 a.m.

  Since 2001, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) has operated one of the largest facial recognition databases in America. Numerous police departments statewide have opted into accessing the information. However, it doesn't seem to work that well: In 2016, studies warned that the database could produce false positives, was "ripe for misuse and abuse," and operated with little to no oversight.

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  Lawsuit: After Beating by Miami Cops, Homeless Man Hospitalized for Broken Leg and Eye Socket

  November 5 at 8:16 a.m.

  On a Monday night in August 2018, Andre Lewis was walking through the Brickell Metrorail station when a Miami police officer ordered him to leave. The 51-year-old Lewis says he was on his way out when the cop, later identified as Officer Leonel Sanchez, handcuffed him and told him he was under arrest.