IN TODAY’S MIAMI HERALD: Our reimagined newspaper features an in-depth look at the killing of Trayvon Martin – the 10th anniversary of his death is less than a week away – and what, if anything, has truly changed for Black and brown people in America. 🧵
Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon’s mother, has spent much of the last decade ensuring that her son’s memory doesn’t fade, organizing peace walks, creating a group of grieving mothers and becoming the voice for the son who could no longer speak for himself. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
“It seems like we’re taking two steps forward and two steps back,” Fulton said.
Although both Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd’s killers were convicted, the bigger issue was that these incidents of racial violence kept occurring.
IN TODAY’S MIAMI HERALD: Our reimagined newspaper features an in-depth look at Florida’s outsized role in providing recruits for militant groups like the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and neo-Nazis. 🧵
On Jan. 6, 2021, Kelly Meggs, the new “state lead” of the Florida Oath Keepers, and his wife, joined a violent mob breaching the U.S. Capitol, part of a throng loyal to defeated President Donald Trump and bent on overturning the 2020 presidential election. miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Their “stack” — a military-style line of mostly men in tactical gear marching through the mob — snaked through the crowd, each with a hand on the shoulder of the other, and into the building in one of the many shocking images from the assault, captured on video.
IN TODAY’S MIAMI HERALD: Our reimagined newspaper features an in-depth look at the allegations of widespread racial discrimination in the NFL’s hiring process by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores in his explosive lawsuit. 🧵
The league does not publish the data necessary to analyze why increasing diversity in the interviewing process has not produced a more diverse coaching staff — namely, data on everyone who interviews for head coaching jobs.
The Herald compiled a dataset showing each candidate who interviewed for at least one of the 17 openings for NFL head coaching jobs filled since 2020. Four other jobs had not been filled as of Saturday afternoon.
Our reimagined newspaper features an in-depth look at the #PandoraPapers, which uncover the financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, over 330 public officials in more than 90 countries/territories and a global lineup of fugitives, con artists and murderers. 🧵
.@ICIJorg obtained over 11 million confidential files and led a team of more than 600 journalists from 150 outlets that spent two years sifting through them, tracking down sources and digging into court files and public records from dozens of countries. miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
@ICIJorg The leaked records come from 14 offshore services firms from around the world that set up shell companies and other offshore nooks for clients often seeking to keep their financial activities in the shadows.
IN TODAY’S MIAMI HERALD: Our reimagined newspaper features part one of a rolling series Anatomy of Collapse, an in-depth analysis of Champlain Towers South’s structural drawings, building codes and debris photos done in consultation with engineers and construction experts. 🧵
The analysis revealed a poorly designed building –– even for the 1970s when the plans were originally drawn and codes were less rigorous –– where most of the column designs were too narrow and plans for the pool deck area show potential weaknesses. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
“The design was faulty,” said Eugenio Santiago, a licensed structural engineer and retired chief building official for Key Biscayne. Overcrowded columns were “cracking from day one,” he said.
Chef James had told Julie, for example, that while Epstein was on work release at the Palm Beach County jail in 2008, he spent over $100,000 in catering bills for his “office.”
A lot of that food went to deputies who were making upwards of $42 an hour monitoring him.
That night, as they were waiting, Brown was texting with Lauren Book, a Florida state senator and child abuse survivor who had become involved in pushing for a probe into whether there was any wrongdoing on the part of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office in connection with Epstein.