Update: Here is the correct link to the story.
By Carlos Miller
This is a story I’ll be reporting more about in the future. The way the cops just start arresting people for no reason on Miami Beach during Memorial Day Weekend. They made more than 500 arrests this year.
Most of those were bullshit arrests.
Check out the story I wrote about it on Miami Beach 411.
The problem is, there is an influx of black people on Miami Beach that weekend. Many people can’t handle it. There is a lot of fear and profiling going on.
I’ve been out there several times on Memorial Day Weekend over the years with my cameras and I’ve never had a problem. On the contrary. I had a good time.
The City of Miami Beach spends more than a million dollars paying its cops overtime as well as bringing in cops from other jurisdictions to patrol the streets.
To justify their gross amount of overtime, they end up making mass arrests.
They arrest people for standing on a sidewalk when every weekend, people do just that.
Trust me on this one, it’s a scam.
Here is a video from last year’s Memorial Day Weekend of a guy getting arrested for filming cops. He was standing on a sidewalk.
I’ve been told by a high-ranking officer that many of these arrests are going to be thrown out of court. I’m waiting to see if this is true.
Stay tuned.
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1 Miami Gardens Officer // Jun 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM
It’s a myth that someone is “arrested for no reason.” Whenever an arrest is made, an arrest report must be filed. The report must specify the statutory violation.
As for Officer Socarras, his body language in the photograph puts the lie to your caption. The man is relaxed with one ankle crossed over the other.
2 Zack // Jun 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Oh please, because a police officer would never lie in a police report; http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/06/11/0611wpbcop.html?imw=Y
3 Michaelk42 // Jun 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM
@miami gardens “officer”
In a way, you’re right. It should be arrested for “no good/valid/truthful reason.”
Since the report must specify the statutory violation, sometimes something has to be made up to fill it in.
Because an officer would never lie on a report, part II:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/19/2009-02-19_nypd_fires_rookie_cop_caught_on_youtube_.html
4 Scott // Jun 12, 2009 at 4:25 PM
They DO lie on police reports all the time, but that’s not the only way they can arrest someone with no reason. Officers also have “disorderly conduct” and “resisting arrest” at their disposal if they feel the need to rough someone up and no lie can cover it.
5 Just me // Jun 12, 2009 at 4:26 PM
As this blog frequently demonstrates, cops arrest people all the time without legal justification. It is unfortunately pervasive of our system. Specifically, too many cops have too little education, and are given too much power. This creates a virtual powder keg. Throw these cops (especially the young ones) into a disorderly situation like Memorial Day weekend on South Beach, and you have a recipe for disaster and rampant abuse of power.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the police imposed a mandatory one or two year desk job period on new cops. The idea would be to increase the average age of cops on the street.
6 sickntired08 // Jun 14, 2009 at 2:24 AM
don’t you just love when cops protect other cops.. I bet they even share the rubber when they screw someone over with fake charges… Knowing most people can’t afford a good lawyer
7 HeWhoKnows // Jun 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Haha its hilarious when a cop makes a statement here just to “once again” protect his fellow officer and ride the blue line. Miami Gardens Officer… dont even go there man, your department isn’t sitting pretty either. Trust me, I know. We pay your buddies off at our “club” to keep things hush and arrest people who make waves. Im not saying YOU, Im saying your department has its share of corruptness.
8 Becham // Aug 20, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Хм… Пока это у нас не очень сильно развито, так что придётся подождать.
9 fmatejik // May 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM
I just found this article and couldn’t believe it. I was in Miami Beach about 4 or 5 years ago for my Memorial day getaway, my second visit to the area. I had not idea what I was about to find, it was an absolute nightmare, not at all the great destination it was in my previous visit. There were fights in my hotel’s hallways, there were people yelling at each other up and down all the streets. Multiple incidents were on the news about someone attacking someone else with a broken bottle. A total zoo. They could have arrested almost all the animals. I took off to ft. lauderdale to escape, half of the businesses were shut down in south beach anyway.
10 Tom Jannusch // May 28, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Dear Miami Gardens Officer,
If you look at this case more carefully you may note that on another page Carlos identified Officer Socarras as the man on the left…the one with his arms crossed and with his foot on the bumber…so much for “body language”…
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