Category: Law
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Lauderhill cop’s suicide note leads to firing of two officers and questions about legality of arrests
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Three hours before he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, Lauderhill Police Officer Elijah “Eli” Rodgers wrote a four-paragraph goodbye. Then he emailed it to several hundred of his fellow city employees. -
Fort Lauderdale police didn’t follow rules when investigating one of their own
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A Fort Lauderdale Police internal inquiry into the out-of-state arrest of a street crimes unit sergeant did not follow departmental procedures for conducting such investigations. -
Ft. Lauderdale police report altered to hide cop’s arrest; Courthouse clash over need to investigate
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward State Attorney’s refusal to pursue a Fort Lauderdale Police Internal Affairs report that was purged of information about an officer’s arrest has drawn the ire of Public Defender Howard Finkelstein. -
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A pattern of brutality: Jury awards $175K to handcuffed suspect beaten by Miami cop
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A federal jury has awarded $175,000 to a state prisoner it found was brutalized while in Miami police custody in 2006. Gerald Lelieve suffered severe internal injuries that nearly killed him when he was repeatedly kicked and stomped as he lay on the ground in handcuffs after his arrest on a drug charge -
Miami cop jailed in trio of rapes had “dozens” of victims; city’s lawyers tell of hiring screw-ups
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
There was little public discussion last fall when Miami commissioners voted unanimously to pay $550,000 to a working mom who had been kidnapped and raped by a city police officer in his patrol car. But for 53 minutes before the vote, commissioners privately heard a disturbing earful from city lawyers
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