A policeman shoots rubber bullets at protesters throwing rocks and water bottles during a demonstration next to the city of Miami Police Department, Saturday, May 30, 2020, downtown in Miami. Protests were held throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
This week on The Docket, just in time for the midterm elections a Florida Democratic congresswoman is proposing a bill to “refund” the police to help fight the dramatic increase in violent crime across the country. A former Tampa cop is on trial for murder after he shot a guy who was texting in a movie theater. And finally after 40 years, fingerprints and DNA from a rape/murder cold case are finally found hiding in plain sight inside police department evidence vaults.
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