The letter was still a draft and not available Friday.
Councilwoman Lorraine Koss said the city of Cocoa has worked hard to maintain a level of trust and communication between government, police and community.
Koss said the letter addresses those issues and asks the State Attorney s office to maintain those same efforts.
Cynthia Green, Pierce’s adoptive mother, broke into tears at a Cocoa City Council meeting Tuesday evening, asking for action in the case.
City Council members told Green that city government had no authority over the State Attorney’s office, but agreed to draft the letter about the case.
Florida House Bill 1: Activists condemn passage of 'anti-riot' bill heraldtribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldtribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Activists across Florida are condemning the Florida Legislature s approval of House Bill 1, the so-called anti-riot bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis put forward last year.
The bill won the final approval of the Florida Senate on Thursday and has become one of the most controversial items of the 2021 Florida legislative session.
DeSantis proposed the new legislation following the Black Lives Matter protests that occurred across the country last year following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The bill was officially filed in the Legislature the same day as the Capitol Hill riot in Washington, D.C. This is a very robust package, DeSantis said when he outlined tougher penalties against protesters, most of which are contained in HB 1. I think what it s saying is we are not going to let Florida go down the road that some of these other places have gone.
State Attorney remains silent five months after Cocoa teens were shot and killed by deputy Florida Today
It s been 153 days since Brevard County Sheriff s Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda fired his gun into a slow-moving car in Cocoa killing 16-year-old Angelo A.J. Crooms and 18-year-old Sincere Pierce on November 13.
It s been 69 days since State Attorney Phil Archer received the full incident report and investigation from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
We don t know what that investigation turned up. We don t know what Archer is weighing to decide whether Santiago-Miranda s use of force was justified as Sheriff Wayne Ivey contends. We don t know what we don t know.
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