North Miami Police Face Lawsuit Over Arrest Of Autistic Man, Shooting His Caretaker

The mother of the autistic man says her son could not understand what was happening as the encounter with police unfolded, ending in the institutionalization of her son, and the shooting of his caretaker.

Monica Pais
By Monica Pais
Arnaldo Eliud Rios Soto Courtesy of Gladys Soto

The mother of an autistic man involved in a highly publicized encounter with North Miami police claims in court the officers assaulted and falsely arrested her son despite his mental disability. Arnaldo Rios-Soto, who was 27 at the time, had wandered away from his group home in July 2016 and was playing with a toy truck in the street when his

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Republican Official Under Fire For Calling Black Colleagues N-Word

Republican state senator Frank Artiles gave a public apology April 19, 2017, for using racial slurs and obscene insults in a conversation with African-American colleagues.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Republican state senator Frank Artiles, R-Miami, during house session in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP/Steve Cannon)

A Miami senator has found himself in hot water. Republican official, Frank Artiles, came under fire last night for using a racial slur in a heated conversation with two African-American colleagues. He reportedly cursed at and belittled Fort Lauderdale senators Perry Thurston and Audrey Gibson at the Tallahassee Governors Club. Thurston, who

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Police Union President Outraged Over Vote For Independent Investigation Of Police Shootings

“Everyone is worried about police oversight and how police officers need to be held accountable for their actions. Everyone is worried about how we do our job. But, who worries about the six homicides this year in the past seven days?

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler
Miami police Sgt. Javier Ortiz Miami Herald File

Miami police Sgt. Javier Ortiz Photo: Miami Herald (ANTIMEDIA) MIAMI-FL – Last Thursday, the Miami City Commission voted to strip the Miami Police Department of its power to investigate officer-involved shootings. The decision comes as nationwide outrage has brought police brutality and misconduct to the forefront of the national

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Venezuelan Middle Class Seeks Refuge In Miami

MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela’s growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan. Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he’d […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan. Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he'd purchased on a

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Tours Changing American Views Of Cuba, US Policy

“We have this tiny little island that is no threat to the U.S. that we’re isolating from the world,” she said. “It doesn’t make sense.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Tourists traveling with the "people-to -people" program walk on a Havana street after a test purchase in a Cuban agricultural market in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

HAVANA (AP) — When President Barack Obama reinstated "people-to-people" travel to Cuba in 2011, the idea was that visiting Americans would act as cultural ambassadors for a U.S. constantly demonized in the island's official media. Two and a half years later, a survey shared exclusively with The Associated Press suggests the trips are not only

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