A South Florida teen filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County against the Miami-Dade police department. In 2014 Rabbi Joseph Raksin was gunned down near a Synagogue in Northeast Miami-Dade County. Sixteen months after the shooting, Miami police charged Deandre Charles, who was a minor at the time and he spent a year behind bars. Earlier this week, Charles filed a lawsuit claiming that authorities jailed him despite of having evidence proving he could be innocent. David Ovalle, reporter for Miami Herald is following the story and joined Sundial to talk about the details.
Ovalle also talked about the impacts the partial federal shutdown is having on immigration hearings in South Florida. The partial federal government shutdown is impacting people who are waiting for a hearing at immigration courts in Miami. Ovalle reports there are not enough resources and immigration courts are struggling with a massive backlog of over 60 court cases in Florida. In some cases, those who had appointments scheduled in immigration court during the federal shutdown will have to wait another three years for their cases to be heard.
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Next, there are two controversial issues dividing the city of Key West these days: cosmetics shops and sunscreen ban. There are a few cosmetics shops on the tourist hub of Duval Street that are angering residents and visitors for overcharging customers and hawking folks to come in. And recently, the city voted to become the first municipality in the country to sunscreens with oxybenzone and octinoxate.Key West Commissioner of District 2 Samuel Kaufman joined Sundial to talk about both issues.
Michael Langlois was a longtime dancer with the American Ballet Theater in New York City. He studied under the performer and well-known ballet instructor Mikhail Baryshnikov and has written a new book called,"B Plus: Dancing for Mikhail Baryshnikov at American Ballet Theatre: A Memoir." Langlois started his ballet journey at age 10 and is now a massage therapist in Coconut Grove. In his book he talks about the constant bullying, overcoming an eating disorder and life after dance. WLRN anchor Christine DiMattei hosted this segment on Sundial and talked to Langlois.