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Category: Justice
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Published: Tuesday, 26 August 2014 17:07
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Written by Katrina Waters, Ph.D.
by Katrina Waters, Ph.D.
This past February, Mayor Buddy Dyer appointed John Mina, 45, as the new chief of police replacing Paul Rooney. Dyer appointed Rooney to the top job just three years ago. Now he has pushed Rooney out for Mina. The official story is that Rooney, who is only 49, is leaving to take a job as head of security for Valencia College. Valencia College! Really?
Read more: John Mina: Wrong Chief for These Changing Times
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Published: Friday, 22 August 2014 00:12
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Written by Katrina Waters, Ph.D.
by Katrina Waters, Ph.D.
With the killing of 22-year-old Maria Fernanda Godinez, it is now clear that the Orlando Police Department is totally out of control. In response to a 911 call from a downtown bar owner, five police officers arrived on the scene, jumped off their bicycles like cowboys on steroids and one of them opened fire on a man who had a pistol tucked in the waistband.
A 911 call recorded the nine shots fired by the officer. It sounded like a machine-gun going off. Didn't know police could use automatic pistols. Six bullets entered the man, one bullet hit another police officer in the leg and one bullet entered the bar and killed little Maria.
Read more: Orlando Police Department Is Out Of Control