Author: Jasmine Abreu

A man is in custody for the disappearance of Leila Cavett, the 21-year-old missing woman from Georgia whose toddler was found wandering in a South Florida complex parking lot alone last month.  What We Know: Cavett, originally from Georgia, was last seen on July 25th outside a Hollywood, Florida Walmart parking lot. Her son Kamydn, 2, was found barefoot in a t-shirt and soiled diapers in a Miramar complex parking lot a couple of miles from the store. The child’s image sparked a national search for anyone who recognized the little boy and could help authorities locate his family. Cavett…

Tennessee lawmakers pass a bill making some acts of protest felonies. What We Know: On Wednesday, the Tennessee General Assembly passed new legislation that increases penalties for protestors camped outside the statehouse Capitol in Nashville. The bill will charge people with a Class E felony, instead of a misdemeanor, for camping on state grounds. The Republican-led assembly passed the measure and it will take effect as soon as Republican Gov. Bill Lee signs the bill or says it’s allowed to become law. Anyone convicted of a Class E felony in Tennesse faces up to six years in prison and would…

Three Texas soldiers are among nine men charged in a child prostitution ring. What We Know: On Saturday, the Killeen Police Department (KPD) Special Victim’s Unit and Texas Department of Public Safety Human Trafficking Program arrested nine suspects, three who were part of the US military, for human trafficking and prostituting children. The suspects were caught making agreements for sexual acts through social media platforms with girls they believed to be 15 or 16-years-old in exchange for drugs, alcohol, and/or money. Two soldiers from Fort Hood, Spc. Anthony Xavier Antwon (25) and Pfc. Timmy Jones Jr. (30), were among the…

A viral video of Florida officers arresting a child with special needs emerges.  What We Know:  On Monday, a video from December 2018 began circulating on social media of an 8-year-old boy, previously diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disabilities, being handcuffed and arrested by police in Key West, Fla. Prior to the incident, the school had created an Individualized Education Program tailored to his needs.   The bodycam footage was shared by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, the family’s attorney, and shows the child being threatened with jail before officers try to put him in handcuffs, which fall off because…

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that Hispanic and Black children are at a higher risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19 symptoms than any other group.  What We Know: Research from 576 hospitalizations across 14 states, collected from March 1st through the end of July, shows the rates among Hispanic and Black children are nearly eight times and five times, higher than the rates in White children. The highest hospitalizations occurred among children that were Hispanic (45.8%), Blacks were second (29.7%), and Whites were below a third. Forty-two percent of the children had one or more underlying conditions, obesity…

The FBI is now assisting in the search for a missing Georgia mother whose toddler was found wandering in an apartment complex. The bureau is “providing assistance to local enforcement,” spokesman James Marshall told CNN in a statement. What We Know: Leila Cavett, 21, from Dawsonville, Georgia, was last seen in Hollywood, Florida, on July 25 in the parking lot of a Walmart with a man, according to Javaron Buckley, an attorney hired by the Cavett family.  Her son Kamydn, 2, was found wandering barefoot in the parking lot of an apartment complex in a t-shirt and diaper a couple…

Gov. DeSantis confesses that the state’s unemployment claiming system was deliberately engineered to dishearten people in a CBS exclusive interview. What We Know: Earlier this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis was interviewed by CBS Miami’s Jim DeFede, where the governor revealed that the unemployment website is designed to discourage claimants from filing for their benefits. “I think that was the animating philosophy. I mean having studied how it was internally constructed, I think the goal was for whoever designed, it was, ‘Let’s put as many kinds of pointless roadblocks along the way, so people just say, oh, the hell with it,…

After being charged with the killing of Rayshard Brooks, former police officer Garrett Rolfe is suing to get his job back. Rolfe claims that his constitutional rights were violated when he was fired.  What We Know: On Tuesday, Rolfe and his attorney filed a suit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and interim police Chief Rodney Bryant in Fulton County Superior Court. It states his dismissal violates the procedural due process and equal rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan were both arrested and charged after Rolfe fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in…

A viral video of dogs attacking a man wearing a red Kaepernick jersey has resurfaced and prompted a Navy investigation. What We Know: On Sunday, the Navy became aware of a video where a Colin Kaepernick fill-in is targeted and attacked by a pack of dogs. The incident happened at a 2019 K-9 demonstration at the Navy Seal Museum of Florida, the Navy said on Twitter. Kaepernick was a San Francisco 49ers quarterback that garnished national attention when he began kneeling during the “The Star-Spangled Banner” to protest police brutality and systematic oppression experienced by African Americans and minorities in the…

The family of a man who died after being put in a chokehold by a police officer will receive a $2.2 million settlement. What We Know: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has agreed to pay a record $2.2 million to the family of a man who was chased, beaten, jolted by stun guns, then put in a chokehold and died while in their custody. The settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit is the largest in the history of LVMPD. Tashii Brown, 40, died on May 14, 2017 after a police officer put him in a chokehold outside The…