Attention for the past few weeks here has centered around residents feuding with the city over plans to rebuild its City Hall. But a new, unexpected development has arisen that
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Tim Cushing
“I can’t believe that,” he said. “I’m not trying to smile. I just . damn!”
That was in 2011, when Sgt. Bosque wasn t seen as quite as terrible as he is now. At that point, the officer who seemed to see himself as the second coming of Vic Mackey only had five firings (and three arrests) to his name.
Accusations of misconduct have piled up against this officer. The Herald-Tribune found 40 internal affairs cases involving Bosque, including multiple excessive force claims. Those reports found that Bosque head butted a man, splitting his lip open. Or that he cracked open another man s head with a leg sweep. Or the time he smacked a juvenile detainee. On top of that they note that he s been caught defying orders, lying to supervisors, and falsifying paperwork. His off-duty life seems just as horrifying, with Bosque facing multiple accusations from women alleging domestic violence and stalking.
Updated on November 13, 2020 at 9:47 am
Cellphone video, exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Investigators, shows Medley Police officers arresting Joshua Rodriguez inside his then home in January 2019.
The video begins when then Sergeant German Gutierrez puts Rodriguez in a chokehold while two other Medley Police officers try to restrain him.
While the department allowed the use of chokeholds at the time, like other law enforcement agencies in South Florida, it has since banned its use “except in authorized deadly force situations.”
“You guys don’t have a warrant,” Rodriguez, who is on his feet, can be heard saying - while an officer tells him, “Don’t make me hurt you. I don’t want to hurt.”