The naked man, who the report says, had committed no crime and posed no threat was pepper sprayed at least five times – once at extremely close range. Riggs even attempted to tase him, and to get in the water and “choke [him] out,” threatened to gaff him, threatened to drown him and ultimately used a potentially lethal choke hold to remove him from the water.
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The governor of the state of New York just initiated an interesting program: over the next nine months he invites every community in his state to “put pen to paper” and propose what kind of police force they want. “It’s not that government gives us their vision of what the police should look like because we have government’s vision of what the police should look like: It’s called the current police.” He wants to hear what ideas the people have to propose. Now that is a great idea. Why couldn’t the Keys and Key West do the same?
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Read MoreWalking – it is something most of us take for granted and don’t really think much about. And this time
Read MoreMake this a happy holiday season – don’t drink and drive Just a reminder: the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office will
Read MoreWith the heaviest part of the tourist season approaching, the Sheriff’s Office would like to remind everyone to lock car
Read Moreby Naja and Arnaud Girard……. Following the shootout that nearly killed a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy on Stock Island on October
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