Family of Raymond Herisse, Man in 2011 Memorial Day Shootout, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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Raymond Herisse was killed on Memorial Day two years ago in a hail of police gunfire.
Nearly two years to the date of his death, the family of Raymond Herisse has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both the Miami Beach and Hialeah police departments.

Back in 2011, during Miami Beach's Urban Beach Weekend, Herisse was shot at more than 100 times and struck with 16 bullets. It took four days for police to find a gun wrapped in a towel in the backseat of Herisse's car, but no gun shot residue was ever found on his hands and no evidence has supported the claim.

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Miami Police To No Longer Participate in The First 48

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Miami Police department homicide detective's time in the reality TV spotlight may be over. For years producers of the popular A&E program The First 48 have followed local detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder, but with growing criticism that the show gives a bad name to Miami and requests that producers donate more to the Police Athletic League it appears that the relationship may be over.

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Hialeah Police Sergeant Arrested on Coke Charges Says He Was Set Up by Girlfriend's Pimp

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Hialeah Police Sgt. Tomas Muñoz wants you to know he's not some sort of coke fiend. He's merely an innocent public servant who happens to be dating a prostitute with an evil pimp.

Muñoz was arrested over the weekend on charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia after drugs and a crack pipe were found in a hotel room he had rented with the woman.

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Florida Cop Hit a Man in His Car, and Then Took Off (VIDEO)

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An Orlando police officer is under fire after hitting a man with his patrol car earlier this year and then leaving minutes later without ever reporting the incident. The incident was even caught on video, but the officer, Michael Fiorentino-Tyburski, remains on patrol.

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Miami Police Sergeant's Girlfriend Sets His House on Fire After Relationship Trouble

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Nancy Brewer decided to take a page out of the Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes school of couples counseling, by dealing with her relationship problems with a City of Miami police officer by setting his Lauderhill home on fire.

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Former Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Suit

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Charles Hurley keeps dropping. The former chief of the Miami-Dade Schools Police was suspended from the position back in May after reports he had sexually harassed female officers. He was officially demoted in January, and now its come to light that a few days later, he turned in his resignation letter.

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Fugitive Evades Miami-Dade Police by Stabbing Officer With Eyeglasses in a Texas Walmart Parking Lot

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Miami-Dade police were charged with extraditing Alberto Morales to Las Vegas, but the convict managed to escape by stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses in a Walmart parking lot in Grapevine, Texas.

The detective, Jaime Pardinas, is still in serious but stable condition. Morales, however, remains at large.

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Man Sues Miami Police for Beating Him Up at Ultra Music Festival Over a Glow Stick

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The Miami Police Department is facing a police brutality lawsuit after allegedly beating up a man at Ultra Music Festival in 2011 all because his girlfriend tried to bring a glow stick into the notoriously neon-tinged fest. That's at least the story of plaintiff Jesse Campodonico, a 27-year-old fitness trainer from New York.

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Harold James, Miami Cop, Arrested on Charges of Extortion

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It has not been a good two days for Miami police officers. Just yesterday, officer Reynaldo Goyos was fired for killing an unarmed man during a traffic stop while officer Luis Hernandez was arrested on charges of kidnapping and sexual battery.

Now, yet another officer for the department finds himself in hot water. Harold James was arrested today on extortion charges.

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Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley Demoted After Sexual Harassment Allegations

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Nearly eight months after being placed on suspension, Charles Hurley, the chief of the Miami-Dade Public Schools police force, has officially been demoted. Now the hunt is on for his replacement.

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