Chris Lagergren’s Blog
47 years ago, Lolita the killer whale was captured from the wild. It's high time for her to return to it, according to more than 40 protesters who gathered outside Miami Seaquarium Tuesday afternoon. "Turn around! Don't buy a ticket!," they [...]
Photo Miami Police Department For the past month, Miami's outspoken Fraternal Order of Police president, Javier Ortiz, has been relieved of duty with pay thanks to a restraining order a judge granted to a woman he'd doxxed on [...]
Miami Police Lt. Javier Ortiz, the outspoken head of the city's cop union, has been temporarily reassigned to desk duty and stripped of his gun, New Times has confirmed. The move came after a judge granted a restraining order to [...]
Officer Gary Cadet of the Miami Dade County Police Department threatens a protester at the Miami SeaQuarium for saying "turn around idiot" to someone who gave the middle finger to the protesters. His exact words were "I would stop the [...]
On May 21, 2014 Monroe County Florida Government decided to show leniency to the Marine Mammal Conservancy (MMC) in Key Largo by reducing their outstanding code violation fines by ninety-percent. Many of these code violations put the public at risk [...]
By David Ovalle dovalle@MiamiHerald.com In the name of science, a company called Worldwide Primates imports monkeys from around the globe, providing them to labs across the country researching cures for deadly diseases. In the name of animal rights, an activist [...]
By Charles Rabin and Nadege Green - Miami Herald crabin@MiamiHerald.com A day after dozens of Miami police union members stormed City Hall and interrupted a commission meeting, Police Chief Manuel Orosa laid down the law: Do it again and you’ll [...]
