Miami Beach, FL – -(AmmoLand.com)- A lawsuit for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and violations of Florida firearms and fishing laws has been filed today against the City of Miami Beach and officers of its police department. Over an incident where the officers assaulted, battered, and detained law-abiding fishermen at a Florida Carry fishing meetup on the South Pointe Fishing Pier on June 24th, 2018. The incident was captured on video (link above).
Dubbed the “South Pointe Six,” six Florida Carry members and supporters were held by police for well over two hours without cause.
While the police officers went on a fishing expedition of their own in an illegal attempt to find anything, the officers could use in order to charge the “South Pointe Six” with a crime before finally failing and releasing them.
Even after eventually releasing Florida Carry’s members, the Police Department forced the premature end of our First Amendment protected gathering by closing the public fishing pier until all known Florida Carry members and supporters left the area.
“Florida Carry will not allow our members to be abused, injured, held without cause, and have their civil rights violated without the strongest possible response to prevent these types of attacks on the good, law-abiding, citizens of our Great State.” Said Florida Carry Executive Director, Sean Caranna.
“Most police officers and deputies that we encounter are outstanding professionals who have an incredibly tough job to do, we respect that honor that. However, we’ve seen these types of abuses happen far too many times in cities and counties who do not respect the Right to Bear Arms. Every City and County in Florida should already know that proper training about the legal possession and carry of firearms is necessary. These types of abuses will not be tolerated – IT ENDS HERE.”
The plaintiffs are represented by Florida Carry General Counsel Eric Friday.
About Florida Carry
Florida Carry, Inc, is a nonprofit, non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the fundamental civil right of all Floridians to keep and bear arms for self-defense. Their website is www.FloridaCarry.org.
This is not in Miami Beach. These are not Miami Beach cops. Get your facts straight first. Secondly, if you carry a flag and a gun, you will draw attention to yourself right or wrong. I am pro gun by the way and prefer people not know I am carrying it.
I agree, MBPD is without a doubt the most corrupt force I’ve ever scene, can you believe in 2019 you still have CUBAN officers telling black people to go across the bridge with the niggers. I can because it was told to me and I live on the beach.
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Sad, weak, scared people. Guns are not toys.
And the cops wonder why we want to wage warxagainst them? Damn them all to living Hell.
GDW gets a lick in and that is the last you hear from him. He is sitting in his shack pounding his pud because he got the best of a bunch of commenters, again. I have my doubts if he is even from this country because of his dumb a** comments on various subjects. He likes to brag about turning three people in and having them arrested. In other words he is a swatter and they go to jail when caught. There is not much good you can say about this FUDD. W. Bill calls him the green rat fink… Read more »
Its not Miami Beach Police in the video. By the way, walk in a man’s shoes before judging him.
Most officers will not look at any documents you have related to laws on the books, they only want your ID and permits etc. What these officers did was WRONG, you don’t pull you service weapons on citizens with holstered firearms. The law on fishing with your personal firearm has been on the books for a long time. Remember the police can and will LIE to us, just like when we open video, ‘turn it off’, ‘against the law’. blah blah. Threaten with arrest and jail. If these officers do not like open carry on the fishing pier, they work… Read more »
Florida Carry now calls ahead informing them a head of time. LOE shows up and every thing is fine.
The MBPD is corrupt, especially those operating out of South Beach. Why? Because they think they’re special. Because theres lots of tourist and women with their breast and buns out; so somehow this gives them special priveleges. I hope they sue them back to kingdom come! Nobody is above the law!