Pavon Davis cowered behind a fallen pine tree, his heart racing. The sharp teeth of a trained police dog drew nearer. Davis, 18, and his friends had jumped a fence and entered Flanagan High School to play manhunt. Now a helicopter hovered overhead, guiding Pembroke Pines Police Officer Mark Farah and K-9 Rory to Davis’ hiding spot. The dog bit without warning, body camera footage shows. As the .
The South Florida Sun Sentinel examined K-9 bites over a 17-month period at Broward’s largest police agencies and found 84 percent of people bitten were Black. The dogs are indispensable for finding and capturing dangerous criminals. Yet more than half of the people bitten were accused of nonviolent property crimes. The typical K-9 case: a young Black man driving a stolen car or accused of stealing from an unlocked one.
Judge Martin Fein said he agreed there an indictment against Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie contained too little information, but he didn't say whether that warrants dismissing the case against him.
DeSantis promises pardons for everyone accused of violating COVID restrictions
Sun Sentinel 1 hr ago Rafael Olmeda, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is promising pardons for anyone facing penalties, including fines and jail time, for violating mask mandates and other efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The governor announced the pardons Wednesday night on The Ingraham Angle television show on Fox News, which has been critical of what host Laura Ingraham calls government overreach during the pandemic.
“We’ll issue pardons … for any Floridian that may have outstanding infractions for things like masks and social distancing,” DeSantis said.