Florida man seriously injured and unable to speak after encounter with police, daughter says after her father was falsely accused of stealing a banana

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Florida man seriously injured and unable to speak after encounter with police, daughter says after her father was falsely accused of stealing a banana - Wired Posts
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A woman in Florida says her 55-year-old “medically fragile” father was falsely accused of theft at a Florida grocery store last week and then seriously injured in a violent encounter with police. Now, she says, he is hospitalized and has lost the ability to speak.

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Someone needs to ship a ton of bananas to the police everyday until the body camera footage is released.

Isn't Florida that state that releases everything?

Yes, though lately it's been taking a lot longer. The state government under 25 years of GOP rule isn't too fond of the Sunshine Law.