Linda Trischitta Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/coral-springs/fl-ne-coral-springs-cop-punch-no-discipline-20181022-story.html A police officer will not be investigated for punching a teenage girl while subduing herat Coral Square Mall, an episode that attracted national attention when a cellphone video went viral. “No policy was violated,” Coral Springs Police Officer Tyler Reik said Monday. “The officers went through what they…

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Austen Erblat Contact ReporterSouth Florida Community News https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-cn-deerfield-beach-broward-transitional-center-activists-charges-dropped-20181002-story.html Charges were dropped Tuesday against seven local activists who were arrested this summer for protesting outside of the Broward Transitional Center, an immigration detention center run by controversial Boca Raton-based private prison company GEO Group. The activists, referred to as the BTC7, were arrested and charged with trespassing, a misdemeanor….

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Rafael Olmeda Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/crime/fl-ne-juvenile-assessment-center-funding-20181015-story.html Minors accused of crimes might be shortchanged by a funding dispute that keeps Broward County’s Juvenile Assessment Center operating overnight, according to lawyers and other officials. The Children’s Services Council has been providing $357,000 a year in funding for the center to keep it fully operational 24…

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