Month: April 2018

Lockup guard slugged a skinny kid. Prosecutors say it’s justified. Here’s the video.

23Apr

Broward County prosecutors have ruled that a former detention center officer was justified when he slugged a 14-year-old boy in the face — breaking the teen’s nose in two places — because the juvenile was aggressive with staff and causing a disturbance in the county’s long-troubled lockup. Former lockup officer Darell Bryant will not face…

Judge won’t be back in court after video shows her yelling at frail woman who died days later

21Apr

Rafael Olmeda Contact Reporter Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sb-judge-bullying-inmate-dies-20180420-story.html Broward judge is under fire after she repeatedly snapped at a frail inmate who later died at her Lauderhill home. Broward Chief Administrative Judge Jack Tuter said Saturday that he is telling Circuit Court Judge Merrilee Ehrlich not to return to the courthouse because of how she treated…