#RIP At least 5 South Florida law enforcement officers have died from COVID-19 in just the last 7 days: Fort Lauderdale Officer Jennifer Sepot, 27, died on Saturday August 14th. She is survived by her husband and 2-year-old daughter. /1
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Lazaro Febles, 42, also died from COVID last weekend and was laid to rest yesterday, as was Officer Sepot. He is survived by his wife, a 6-year-old son and 5-month-old baby girl. #RIP /2
20-year veteran West Palm Beach Officer Robert Williams died last Monday from COVID. He leaves behind a wife and two sons. #RIP /3
25-year veteran Miami Beach Police Officer Edward “Eddie” Perez died after a battle with COVID-19, the department announced on Thursday. He is survived by his wife and daughter. #RIP /4
Coral Springs Sgt. Patrick “Pat” Madison, 43, died yesterday of COVID-19. He is survived by his son, fiancée, mother, brother and sister. #RIP /5
COVID has killed more police in 2020 & 2021 than all other causes combined: “By the end of this pandemic, it is very likely COVID will surpass 9/11 as the single largest incident cause of death for law enforcement officers." — Chris Cosgriff @ODMP exec dir odmp.org
In Southwest Florida, 18-year veteran Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Mazzotta also died from COVID-19 complications last Monday. According to @ODMP, over 22 law enforcement officials have died from COVID in Florida since the start of the pandemic.
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Payaso Patrol: Mayor Ponzi Postalita @FrancisSuarez got called out for fleeing Miami for a ritzy fundraiser in New York City while #HurricaneIan hit Florida, so now he’s hijacking rescue resources for a pathetic performative photo opp. #BecauseMiami
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"I told you, my fellow Cuban Americans, that the censors would get around to us. And they have. The day after @MDCPS Board voted to suspend recognition of LGBTQ History Month, officials quietly rejected the work of one of the most prominent Cuban Americans in US cultural life."
"@MDCPS refuses to allow high school students to attend — as they have since 2003 — Miami New Drama’s 20th-anniversary staging of @ncruzny's Pulitzer-winner ANNA IN THE TROPICS: 'My work has been staged around the world — and the only place it has been censored is in Iran.'"
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Here are the Miami-Dade Commissioners who voted yesterday in favor of the airport contract extension for collapsed FIU bridge builder MCM, disrespecting the victims and families of this tragic act of deadly negligence: District 2 Commissioner Jean Monestime #BecauseMiami /2
Commissioner “Pay 2 Play" @KeonHardemon’s former chief of staff now works for MCM! So, of course, he voted yes. And, as everyone in town knows, Keon and his political crime family will do anything and sellout anyone if the price is right. #BecauseMiami /3
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“The verdict found Meyers ‘posed a substantial risk of sexual abuse or harassment to female students,’ yet the @MDCPS district was ‘deliberately indifferent’ in how it handled the accusations.” #BecauseMiami
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