The NAACP is asking the Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation into allegations of harassment and misconduct by officers of the Miami Gardens Police Department, with many incidents captured on a convenience store’s video cameras.
NAACP officials said Tuesday the allegations include an employee at the 207 Quickstop, Earl Sampson, who was arrested 62 times for trespassing even though he was often still on the job. Numerous patrons of the store — a short distance from Sun Life Stadium where the Miami Dolphins play — have been harassed, intimidated and arrested on equally questionable grounds, according to the NAACP.
