Tenants Fighting Eviction In Little Farm Trailer Park
The Little Farm trailer park in the Village of El Portal is one of the few places in Miami-Dade where poor families can afford to live.
While many of the tenants at the trailer park paid thousands of dollars to purchase the trailers they live in, they all lease the land under them for under $500 a month.
The battered 15-acre park was sold in 2015 for $14 million to Coral Gables-based Wealthy Delight LLC.
The new landowner gave residents a deadline to move out: the end of February 2016. The trailers will be razed and a yet-to-be-determined development project will go up.
The residents at the mobile park are mostly single moms, elderly or disabled. Many rely on government checks, part-time and odd jobs to barely make it.
Officer Daniel Mocombe was followed by a police officer as a child because the officer thought Mocombe was riding a bike that wasn't his. Now, Mocombe carries that experience as a reminder of what not to do as a police officer in Liberty City.
WE NEED MORE TIME
Click to see photos of Officer Mocombe's workday as he patrols the neighborhood of Liberty City. Some highlights: taking high schoolers home, checking in on an elderly resident and helping kids with their reading.
GETTING ASSISTANCE
Earlier this year a video surfaced showing a Miami police officer appearing to jump on a handcuffed suspect in Liberty City. Residents of the Liberty Square projects said it wasn't the first time something like that happened, but it was the first time someone had a camera to capture it.
FIGHTING EVICTION
In October 2015, participants of a workshop in Liberty City aimed to imagine the community without police. The topic raised some eyebrows on social media, but organizers said it was meant to tackle the root causes of problems that lead to interaction with the criminal justice system.
CLOSURE VIOLATES LAW