The question is what happened yesterday, did law enforcement have the ability, did they have probable cause to arrest these folks under the anti-rioting bill? asked Hayslett. The answer is yes they did.
More than a hundred people supporting the anti-government protests in Cuba blocked Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa for more than two hours. Hayslett said under Florida s anti-riot law all of those demonstrators could ve received a $15 citation. Right now part of the anti-riot bill also there s a civil citation that was written in, he said. It s a $15 fine if you willfully block a roadway.
Hayslett point out the law also gives officers discretion on when to use it. TPD did not cite or make any arrests under the anti-riot law but the defense attorney said they could have after giving an order to disperse which enhances the civil citation.
there is to be no talking, period. one behind the other, single-file line. hug the wall. a prominent research study estimates that 1 in 31 american adults are either incarcerated, on probation or on parole. just as interesting is the fact that many of the inmates we ve met have told us they actually prefer serving out their sentences in prison to being freed on parole. they say it s difficult to find work and that the parole rules are so strict that they can make a simple mistake and end up back in prison where they cause more pain for their families and further tarnish their reputation. few inmates illustrated the problem of walking the thin line of parole better than one we met at the hillsborough jail in tampa, florida. his name is valester jones. when we first entered one of the jail s open dorm housing units, we noticed a guy, somewhat intimidating, very large, working out on the yard.
it s my life. i m going to grow and i m going to learn. it s my life and you know i m going to burn every single day until the world don t turn. i m a warrior so i don t earn i m a warrior and it repeats. when deandre barnes first arrived at the hillsborough jail in tampa, florida, he was going through drug withdrawal. that s no joke. that ain t no joke. feels like death in your stomach. but after three weeks in jail barnes feels much better. i ain t felt like this in a long time. i feel like my innocence. i see it in my face. i feel good. i don t worry about waking up feeling sick. and barnes has more than just his health to be happy about. he received good news in a court hearing. i went to court and they released me on the two highest
drugs have played a role in the arrests of many of the inmates. including katie ellis, who says she committed her kriecrimes to support her habit. she bled guilty to burglary and drug paraphernalia charges and sentenced to 364 days in jail. she is also required to complete the jail s drug rehab program. the drug program might help me but i don t think it will. i m 21, i want to be young and reckless right now. what do you want to doe when you get out of jail? first, i want to get high. my dream in life is party like a rock star, make a living with my music. the title of that song is too fast for you about me and
sober up, number one, but also it creates the same drug culture that contaminates neighborhoods across the country in the institution itself. we start to see violence, you start to see exploitation of other inmates, it creates a black market for many things. i ll leave the picture here, i may give it to the handler as a gift. the colonel and his staff have yet to decide who the handler will be. tough part about this is, only one position, first time we ve ever done this we ll have a dog assigned to the detention 24/7. put your career in this dog the next seven or eight years. 14 deputies assigned to the jail have applied to be elmo s handler. after a series of in-depth interviews, 11 of them moved on to the physical fitness portion of the selection process. do the mile-and-a-half. once you re done come over and do push-ups, sit-ups and then turn you over to canine hand