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The incident report, which Kennedy and Stern obtained in response to a public-records request, states that FDLE Special Agent Alejandro Oliva met with an MDPD sergeant on April 7 in reference to the governor's press conference the next day. Oliva told the sergeant about Kennedy, saying that he was a "known agitator" with a history of disrupting DeSantis' events. (Kennedy, who's 30, has garnered a reputation in recent years for crashing DeSantis' press conferences, publicly telling off the governor, and posting videos of his actions to social media.) The FDLE gave the MDPD a physical descr...

Nicholson claimed the commissioner poked and pushed her, causing her to injure her ankle. The city released body camera footage from three or the four police officers on the scene, showing the commissioner did not get physical with the code officer. The commissioner called for her firing.  “She’s just lying. She’s a defamer. It’s a shame it’s come down to this. It’s a shame that she’s recurred to these types of tactics,” Diaz de la Portilla said. The commissioner told multiple media outlets she was not telling the truth about what happened. Her lawsuit claims this was an att...

A City of Miami employee who has accused a city commissioner of injuring her at an illegal party is now suing him for defamation. Earlier this month, Miami code compliance inspector Suzann Nicholson went public with her claim that City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla had physically assaulted her. New Times that she was investigating reports of an illegal party at a building in Allapattah alongside officers from the Miami Police Department. In the early morning hours of February 21, the venue, located at 772 NW 22nd St., was hosting an unpermitted event called "Museum Miami" that cont...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.15.21 Here's your morning briefing of what you need to know in Florida politics. Another poll shows Florida voters think Big Tech is a big bully that needs to be put in its place. A survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy found that 59% of Florida voters want the Legislature to move forward with bills that would limit the power and influence of companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Amazon. Voter support for a legislative fix comes as they feel increasingly restricted on what they can say on so...

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (Getty, iStock) Miami-Dade County resumed executing writs of possessions for residential eviction cases filed before the pandemic, following an unannounced month-long break. The police execute writs of possession, evicting residents or businesses from their properties. The move follows a final judgment in a court case. Homeowners with federally backed mortgages are protected from eviction until at least March 31, per a federal moratorium from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On Nov. 13, former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez directed ...