ON MONDAY, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Jan. 20, 2020, I complained about blacks and a a few whites and other “people of color” terrorizing anyone who dared to be on the highways and byways of Dade County (Miami) Florida on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I also criticized Law Enforcement Officers, LEOs, as well as local and state politicians for failing to do their job of protecting the people.
In the past, it seems the LEOs ran and hid for the duration and the politicians hid their eyes.
This year, the LEOs did better, but the politicians — not so much.
WATCHING TV “NEWS” I noticed there were more than a few whites taking advantage of the day memorializing the civil rights leader.
Like the Muslims of Hamas and Hezbollah, they hid their faces from the cameras as they made excuses for endangering others and themselves.
Normally if a person wants to risk his, or her, life, my feeling is “let them.”
Unfortunately for the rest of the world, when these terrorists risk their lives they often put others in danger as well.
Dishonoring King
The man these terrorists and terrorist want-to-be’s pretend to honor preached peace. He preached brotherhood among people of all races.
In that end, it appears “brotherhood among people of all races” was achieved if the number of blacks, whites, and “people of color” rampaging on Miami’s streets is any indication.
Peace? Not so much.
According to Miami’s WSVN Channel 7,1
- According to Miami-Dade Police, officers have impounded 36 vehicles, issued 44 traffic citations and recovered (?) two firearms. As far as arrests, police said they have made 11 felony arrests, five misdemeanor arrests and 14 traffic arrests for a total of 30. The numbers include activity from Saturday through Monday.
North of the county line, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials have reported 14 arrests, 18 criminal citations, 16 vehicles towed and one gun recovered.
The station initially reported At least 100 all-terrain vehicle and dirt bike riders were spotted across parts of Miami-Dade County. Apparently no one “guesstimated” the number of riders in neighboring Broward County (Fort Lauderdale).
What is meant by “recovered” guns is something only the LEOs and the reporter know. Were the weapons lost? Stolen? Otherwise, why “recovered.”
- Editors challenging reporters to provide complete information must be a thing of the past.
A total of 16 vehicles were towed — 16 out of “at least” 100 vehicles.
That may be a better performance by the LEOs than in previous years, but it is an “F” in any classroom.
Patch.com2 provided some comparisons with previous years for Dade County. According to its figures,
- Felony Arrests - 11 felony arrests, up to from 9 last year
Misdemeanor arrests - 5 up from 3
Traffic arrests - 14 up from 2 Firearms seized - 2 down from 4 last year
Vehicles impounded - 36 impounded vehicles compared to 34 in 2019
Traffic citations 44 up from 17
The Sun-Sentinel3 reports that
- A dirt bike rider was killed in a crash in northwest Miami in a crash that happened about 7 p.m. Monday, police said. According to officer Christopher Bess, Javis Charles, 25, was near Northwest Sixth Avenue and 54th Street when a Toyota driver "attempted to make a left turn in front of the dirt bike." Charles was taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died, Bess said Tuesday.
A day earlier, on Sunday, an ATV rider was killed in a crash on the Palmetto Expressway, according to WPLG-Ch. 10.
Additionally, a motorcyclist who was part of a larger group of ATV riders was critically hurt in a crash near Northwest 167th Street and 27th Avenue, according to the Miami Herald.
Many warnings, few consequences
The terrorists were warned again and again by local LEOs — city cops, county cops, highway patrol — that there would be consequences if the laws were violated.
If Patch.com statics, ibid. are to be believed, then the terrorists thumbed their noses at the LEOs and the laws. Assuming WSVN’s numbers were even close, then it is fairly obvious that being a scofflaw is a fairly safe pastime. The word will go out for 2021 that the chances of being arrested for anything is minimal.
- It will be interesting to see if any media follow up on penalties by crime. A slap on the wrist and a picayunish fine for terrorism on streets and highways? That really will be a deterrent.
Given the number of south Florida drivers who legally carry firearms in their vehicles, it is amazing that more bikers are not shot by a driver they threaten by their actions and their sheer numbers.
Wheels (or Bikes) Up in south Florida is just another way of saying “Stupidity Up.”
Does anyone really think this is how Martin Luther King Jr. wants to be remembered?
Sources
1. WSVN: https://tinyurl.com/sowlu7x
2. Patch: https://tinyurl.com/tjjg2m3
3. Sun-Sentinel: https://tinyurl.com/sn97hdd
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