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Nevilledog

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Tue May 4, 2021, 03:43 PM May 2021

Florida's top cops targeted a DNC member to kick him out of Gov. DeSantis' public meeting



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Florida Gov Ron DeSantis convened with another cabinet member & various public officials for a discussion of ongoing #Covid19 strategy.

But FDLE cops he oversees labeled Tomas Kennedy a “known agitator” & detained him.

Florida's top cops targeted a DNC member to kick him out of Gov. DeSantis' public meeting
The Democratic activist attests that he was ejected because of political reasons.
occupydemocrats.com
11:52 AM · May 4, 2021


https://occupydemocrats.com/2021/05/04/floridas-top-cops-targeted-a-dnc-member-to-kick-him-out-of-gov-desantis-public-meeting/

Last month, a member of the Democratic National Committee got kicked out of the Port of Miami during a public meeting and press event after action by the law enforcement agency that reports to Florida’s Governor.

Newly released public records reveal that an official from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) visited the Miami-Dade Police Department to provide secret information aimed at statewide elected DNC member Tomas Kennedy.

An FDLE Special Agent visited the Miami-Dade PD on April 7th, 2021, to deliver what must have been a stark warning about Kennedy, whom their police report describes as a “known agitator.” Interestingly, the phrase “professional agitator” is a DeSantis saying he used when announcing Florida’s anti-protest law last September to describe the political opponents he wishes to silence with the state’s new law he signed last week.

County officers detained him a day later.

Then they expelled him from the Governor’s press conference while giving the public a reason that contradicted their own police report.

Now, the Miami-Dade police are slow-walking mandatory records production which would shed more light on the incident. They’re also claiming the FDLE’s briefing materials are no longer in their possession.

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Florida's top cops targeted a DNC member to kick him out of Gov. DeSantis' public meeting (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2021 OP
The dictator in FL hard at work, mouthing off his lies and fearful of the truth as usual. SWBTATTReg May 2021 #1
Sounds like more crooked cops that need to go TheRealNorth May 2021 #2

SWBTATTReg

(22,158 posts)
1. The dictator in FL hard at work, mouthing off his lies and fearful of the truth as usual.
Tue May 4, 2021, 03:49 PM
May 2021

Pretty sad that desantis used his own voter suppression/'anti-protester' bill to silence this person. Pretty cowardly if you ask me.

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