A Hialeah Police officer whose K-9 partners died after they were left in his patrol vehicle won't face charges, the Broward State Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.

According to investigators, Officer Nelson Enriquez had just finished an overnight shift when he parked his marked police vehicle outside his Davie home on May 27. He later realized that he left the dogs inside the vehicle, but it was too late.

"Jimmy," a 7-year-old Bloodhound, and "Hector," a 4-year-old Belgium Malinois, were found dead.

Enriquez, a 13-year veteran of the department who has been a K-9 handler for the past seven years, was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.


Court documents showed Enriquez was called back into work after the overnight shift to search for a missing child. When he went home later in the day, he left the dogs inside the vehicle and went to sleep. He woke up a couple hours later and made the tragic discovery.

Necropsies showed the dogs died of hyperthermia, or overheating, the documents said.

A Texas county is finally being exposed for refusing to hire Muslims, Jews or even people of the “wrong” Christian denomination as peace officers.

The discriminatory hiring practices of the Williamson County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office had, until a ruling by a Texas judge last week, prohibited any applicants who were not “Baptist Christians” from being hired.

The judge in the case ruled last week that the case against Williamson County should go forward. That decision was made after it was revealed that a job applicant exposed the county for having a religious test for constable jobs.

“I was shocked,” Robert Lloyd said, at a press conference. “I was sick to my stomach when I left because I had never believed that things like this in government would go on.”

Lloyd explained that Williamson County required him to reveal his views on marriage, abortion as well as what religion he practiced and denomination, during a job interview for the job of peace officer at the Williamson County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office, back in 2013, according to KVUE.

KVUE also obtained a video deposition of Williamson County Commissioner Lisa Birkman as well as other commissioners acknowledging that these questions were asked to applicants.

“I asked a question on their view on gay marriage to all the applicants for Precinct 3 Constable and their view on abortion,” Birkman admits in her deposition.

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A 3-month-old infant's death is being investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Officials said this comes at the request of District Attorney Matt Stowe.

Stowe told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News the details surrounding Gunner Page's death are "utterly tragic."

The TBI confirms the infant died Monday. "It makes me feel terrible when any child dies," Ruth Page said.

According to EMS dispatch logs, a call for help was made last Wednesday to 286 Howard Road. The report summary said, "3MO old not breathing."

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Family friends who did not want to be identified say Gunner suffered severe head trauma and say doctors told family members the baby had whiplash equivalent to a bad car wreck.

They said Gunner was taken to the Henry County Medical Center before being airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "It must be something serious," Peters said.

The Henry County Sheriff's Office said they are not investigating the incident citing a conflict of interest with work relationships. Family friends say Gunner's parents are Hope and Chris Page.

City records show Chris Page has been employed with the Paris Police Department since May of this year.

A former Columbus police officer has been charged in federal court with embezzling $89,646 from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs.

Rita Green, 54, of Gahanna, is accused of stealing her mother’s Veterans Affairs benefits after her mother died in December 2009.

On Thursday, a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Columbus indicted Green on a charge of theft of public money, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Green was investigated by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General and the FBI.

The indictment says her mother received monthly benefits for surviving spouses of veterans. Green had access to the bank account where the benefits were deposited, and she withdrew the money from December 2009 through Feb. 4.

Green’s mother, Hildegard McCurdy, died of pneumonia on Dec. 19, 2009.

In the end, it was Ms. McKenna's severe mental illness, coupled with the tremendous physical exertion she put forth over an extended period of time struggling with deputies that resulted in a cascade of lethal chemical reactions inside of her body.

Ms. McKenna's death was a tragic accident. It is my legal opinion that there is not
probable cause, much less proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that anyone involved in this case committed a crime.

California sheriff's officers beat a man senseless after stopping him for riding his bicycle without a headlight, then told him if he sought medical treatment he "would never see daylight," the man claims in court.

Manuel Jose Salazar sued Santa Clara County, its Sheriff's Department, and Officers Carrie Gordon and Alan Reyes on Sept. 4 in Federal Court.

Salazar acknowledges he was riding his bicycle without a forward-facing light on Dec. 8, 2014. He says that when the officers pulled him over he ran toward a Burger King parking lot in San Jose. Officer Gordon intercepted him and held him at gunpoint with her department-issued Glock pistol.

Salazar says he complied with the officers' orders, stopped and showed his hands, and "fully surrendered" by lying face down on the ground with his hands spread.

Reyes then needlessly slammed his face into ground, and numerous officers kneed and kicked him, breaking an elbow and a forearm, loosening teeth and injuring his face, back and neck, Salazar says. He says he was not resisting arrest throughout the beating.

When paramedics arrived, one officer told him "that if he were to accept any medical treatment he would press so many charges against Salazar that he would never see daylight," thereby coercing him into refusing medical care, he says.

But when they took him to jail, "the medical would not book Salazar without proper medical care at the hospital, given the extent of his obvious injuries," the complaint states. So they sent him to a hospital.

The officers then falsified the arrest report to conceal their misconduct and use of excessive force, Salazar says.

"Plaintiff Salazar was unarmed and was actually lying surrendered, face down on the ground at the onset of the excessive force," the complaint states. "Salazar never posed a threat to anyone nor was attempting to thwart the officers' investigation."

He seeks punitive damages for unreasonable search and seizure, excessive force, battery, negligent hiring and training and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The lawsuit does not mention what charges police filed against him.

Salazar's attorney, Cameron Sehat of Irvine, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's
Department did not return requests for comment Tuesday.

In the background, we can hear a woman yelling. “He was unarmed! He was not f*cking armed.”

The woman who apparently knew the man can be heard screaming over and over, as police hold her back. About half way through the video the EMT unit on the scene removes the body of the victim, who has been identified by police as 30-year-old Charles S. Hall, 30. The woman naturally begins shrieking and maintaining that the police murdered this man in cold blood.

Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley said that the shooter was Trooper Daryl K. Brackett, a three-year veteran of the force. The man recording the footage apparently knew all about him, when he called him a “rookie.”

The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. Bracket pulled the man over in front of a Walmart and an auto parts store. At one point the officer climbed into the vehicle and apparently mounted the man.

“During the struggle, the trooper fired his assigned duty pistol, striking Hall in the upper torso,” Shipley acknowledged.

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“They murdered his ***,” one eyewitness said. “Yes they did,” said another, who was recording the aftermath of the police shooting outside of a Walmart in Maryland. “Shot him right in the face.

“It’s crazy,” the man recording can be heard saying. “Got on his lap and shot him. State Trooper, rookie cop.”

State police said the trooper got out of his car and approached the man, identified by state police as Charles S. Hall, 30, of North East, in the parking lot. When the trooper attempted to arrest Hall, he resisted and a struggle between the two began, according to police.

Police said while still struggling with the trooper, Hall managed to get back in his car and attempted to drive away. "During the struggle, the trooper fired his assigned duty pistol, striking Hall in the upper torso," Maryland State Police said in a statement released Saturday.

Witnesses claim that the officer then climbed into the vehicle so that he was on top of Hall before shooting him in his upper torso. In the video, the witnesses also discuss seeing him being maced before he was shot. Hall was pronounced dead at the scene.

College students, church groups, homeless advocates, and good Samaritans, have all been chased away, detained, arrested, cited, and fined because their distribution of basic sustenance has been in violation of Baltimore’s Code. These encounters often lead to the stacking of additional trumped up charges such as: operating a business without a license, disturbing the peace, blocking a highway or byway, interfering with police business, failing to obey a lawful police order, resisting arrest, etc.

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On August 17, 2015, Baltimore City Police distributed food and water on Arch Social Highway in Baltimore City. The publicity stunt was performed across the street from a CVS that had been looted and burned down during the recent riots over police brutality. At first consideration this may seem like an innocuous and certainly harmless activity. There are, however, problems.

The Health Code of Baltimore City, which is carried out with the use of force by the Baltimore City Police, defines food as anything consumable or that is meant to be placed into the mouth. It further defines any location at which food is distributed as a food service facility, and any person distributing food is considered to be working at a food service facility. The code also requires that all food service facilities have running water service. Additionally, all individuals wishing to operate a food service facilities must submit an application, pay an application fee, and pass a health inspection. The licenses are non-transferable from person to person or from location to location.

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This writer sent an email to the Baltimore Police Public Relations Office to inquire as to whether that department was in fact in compliance with the above law:

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1. Can you confirm that the officers were on duty when this distribution occurred?
2. Can you also confirm that the Baltimore City Police Department applied for and received a food license and permit prior to distributing any food and water, as is required by the City of Baltimore’s health code?
3. If this is the case would you please provide copies of the application, proof of payment of the application fee, and of the license?
4. If a license was not received can you please explain why not?
5. Can you also identify who provided the food and water?
6. Were the food and water paid for via tax money/public funds?


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Mr. Silbert’s response, or lack thereof, combined with the photographic evidence, makes it abundantly clear that the police officers were in fact on duty when this activity took place and that the police department was not in compliance with the law.

Although most American’s disagree with these laws and would find no fault with the act of civil disobedience in regards to these codes, a major cause for concern arises when the same individuals who enact, carry out, and enforce certain laws, then turn around and blatantly ignore those same laws. In this case the employees have told their employers that they may not feed the hungry or give drink to the thirsty unless certain strict criteria are first met. The employees then turned around and told their employers that they, the employees, are not bound by the same rules and will do as they please.
With one hand the Ministry of Love distributes food and water so as to improve its image and encourage future compliance. With the other hand the Ministry will utilize handcuffs, batons, pepper spray, stun guns, and firearms against those citizens that take it upon themselves to distribute food and water. And it is for our own good, which is why it is called the Ministry of Love.

Retired black tennis star James Blake, in an NYPD double-fault, was slammed to a Manhattan sidewalk and handcuffed by a white cop in a brutal case of mistaken identity.

The 35-year-old Blake, once ranked No. 4 in the world, suffered a cut to his left elbow and bruises to his left leg as five plainclothes cops eventually held him for 15 minutes Wednesday outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

“It was definitely scary and definitely crazy,” Blake told the Daily News. “In my mind there’s probably a race factor involved, but no matter what there’s no reason for anybody to do that to anybody.”

Blake, on his way to make a corporate appearance for Time Warner Cable at the U.S. Open, said none of white cops identified themselves, including the officer who charged straight at him and bounced him off the E. 42nd St. concrete around noon.

“Don’t say a word,” snapped the officer, who Blake said was not wearing a badge.

Blake — whose right eye appeared red hours later at the Midtown hotel — was only turned loose when a former cop recognized the man in cuffs and alerted the arresting officers, a police source said.

“That is James Blake, the tennis player,” the NYPD retiree told them.

The first cop involved never apologized to Blake for the physical thumping or the subsequent cuffing, the ex-player recounted.

Blake was only in cuffs for a minute after he was misidentified by a witness during a credit card fraud investigation, police said.

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He was adamant that the officer never said a word: “No, just rushed me.”

The unidentified officer picked Blake up, threw the 6-foot-1 player down on the sidewalk and commanded him to roll over facedown.

“I’m going to do whatever you say,” Blake recalled telling the cop. “I’m going to cooperate. But do you mind if I ask what this is all about?”

One officer replied: “We’ll tell you. You are in safe hands.”

Blake said, “I didn’t feel very safe.”

“You’d think they could say, ‘Hey, we want to talk to you. We are looking into something. I was just standing there. I wasn’t running. It’s not even close (to be okay). It’s blatantly unnecessary. You would think at some point they would get the memo that this isn’t okay, but it seems that there’s no stopping it.”

In response to a Fourth Amendment lawsuit filed by attorneys for The Rutherford Institute, government officials insist they had “probable cause” to arrest a 37-year-old disabled man, allegedly because of his slurred speech and unsteady gait. Gordon Goines, a resident of Waynesboro, Va., who suffers from a neurological condition similar to multiple sclerosis, was then strip searched by police, handcuffed to a table, diagnosed as having “mental health issues,” and subsequently locked up for five days in a mental health facility against his will and with no access to family and friends.

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The complaint alleges that on May 15, 2014, Goines was having problems with his cable television reception, including disconnections and extremely loud line noise and signals, and called the cable company for assistance. A technician determined that a neighbor had spliced into Goines’ cable and recommended that Goines contact police about the theft. Goines walked across the street to the Waynesboro Police Dept. and reported the theft to one officer, who called on two other officers to follow Goines home and investigate his complaint. However, the first officer reported that Goines was having “mental health issues.” The officers then proceeded to question Goines about his “mental health issues.” Goines told them he did not have any mental health problems. The officers then asked Goines if he wanted to go talk to someone. Believing they meant about the cable theft, Goines told them he did. The officers then handcuffed him and transported Goines, who pleaded to be taken home, to Augusta County Medical Center. After he arrived, he was examined by an employee of VCSB who concluded that Goines suffered from a psychotic condition, and a petition for Goines’ involuntary detention was filed as a result.

According to the complaint, the VCSB screener was not a licensed medical professional, clinical psychologist, or social worker and so lacked the required training to diagnose mental disorders. The petition was granted and Goines was committed to Crossroads Mental Health Center and held against his will and without access to family and friends until May 20, 2014, when a subsequent hearing found that Goines had no mental illness and should not be confined. Affiliate attorney Jesse Baker, IV, is assisting The Rutherford Institute by representing Goines on appeal.

After realizing that he had arrested a man for a law that did not exist, Andrews then changed the charge after bringing Solomon to jail. According to Solomon, “Having nothing to charge me with, a charge of disorderly conduct was manufactured sometime after my arrest.”