This is so awful! More and More Americans are realizing that Amerika has been subtly transforming itself into a police state, where rights only belong to those who can afford expensive attorney’s to defend them.

Left by Rauni on March 15th, 2006

I had begun to think that my experience with the Hollywood, Miramar, and Pembroke Pines departments in Florida were exceptions. It appears that this type of behavior is standard policy.

Regarding the City of Miramar and Pembroke Pines, my fights with them all related to disputes centered around HOA affairs. I initially called Miramar PD one afternoon when I was being threatened by the President my HOA, the Avalon Master HOA, and her husband for attempting to distribute flyers informing the members of the board’s indescretions. Once the police arrived, they instructed the two to leave, but refused to arrest either and charge with assault. When I insisted, the officer retaliated by suggesting to the HOA officer, to issue a counter-complaint against me and concluded that if I continued to insist on their arrest, then I might be arrested as well. Then he refused to write a report of the incident altogether. I finally went to the station to complain against him and demand a report of the incident. Miramar refused to provide a form. They forced me to deal with the very same officer who was the subject of my attempted complaint. Later, as I continued to draft complaints about their process and intimidation, I began to receive official police cards on the door of my home, 2-3 per week, just letting me know that they had been to my house. After I confirmed that no other neighbors or the HOA officer or her husband had received such a card, I, again complained about this. They tried to sugguest that they were just letting me know they were in the neighborhood.

Once I became a board member, the Miramar and Pembroke Pines departments forced me, as a sitting board member, out of our official meetings simply because the members of the board in the majority called. They want to silence me by any means. Once I would refuse to leave, then the police would accuse me of creating a disturbance. This happened several times. Once I, again began to complain, they devised a way to use “trespass” as a way to eject me from my own board meetings - again, so the other board members (2 were in favor of my position and drafted sworn statements to the effect of the officers’ misconduct) could continue on their abuse of the members and association monies without opposition. The departments conclude that Florida’s trespass law trumps my constitution right to free speech, statutory right and duty to participate in my own board meetings, and my association right and duty to protect the well-being of the association through my full and fair participation at the board meetings.

As our disputes continued, Miramar called me once and disclose that 2 members of my board had attempted to hire someone to murder me. As the investigation continued, I disclosed to the officer as to who I thought was involved. Either the same day of next day of the interview, the person called me a told me that the investigating officer had disclosed to him the fact that I suspected that he was involved. This person, at the time, was contracted to perform security for our HOA by the board. At the end of the day, the police claimed that they could not prosecute the two, essentially because they did not have a recorded statement from them admitting the conspiracy. (Although the owner of the security company who was asked to find the murderer filed the initial complaint and another HOA board member in whose home one of the meetings regarding this conspiracy took place, admitted to the statements, but opined that he did not think that they were sophisticated enough to cary it out).

I firmly believe that once my name and association came up on radar, the Miramar police department immediately concluded that they I was their problem because of the prior complaints I filed against many of their officers, and although the subjects of the investigation were, again, my HOA board members, they would not properly investigate them because these are the same board members the police department had sided with in improperly removing me from board meetings in times past.

I would like to see these departments and officers brought to justice for their complicity in these gross violations.

Left by James on March 15th, 2006