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36 minutes ago
- CBS News
Man arrested for indecent exposure ID'd as Miami firefighter-paramedic, sources say
A man arrested for allegedly following a woman during her morning walk and exposing himself is a firefighter-paramedic with Miami Fire-Rescue, according to two law enforcement sources who spoke with CBS News Miami. CBS News Miami first reported Tuesday that 34-year-old Demetrious Reshad Sams was arrested for indecent exposure after an incident that occurred around 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, near S.W. 86th Street and 58th Avenue in South Miami. Police say Sams followed the woman in his black 2021 Dodge Charger, exposed himself and touched himself in her presence. A witness provided police with the car's license plate number and the woman later identified Sams in a photo lineup. He was arrested early Tuesday morning at his apartment in Homestead, roughly 20 miles from where the incident occurred. Victim speaks out CBS News Miami spoke again Wednesday with the victim, who expressed disappointment and concern over the suspect's role as a first responder. "It's disappointing. He should be a trusted respected member of our community like all other firefighters are," she said. "It is just completely out of line. I would like other women to come forward just so no one else will have that type of experience." She added, "I have not gone walking since. I just want for everyone to be careful. Try to walk with a buddy and try to have someone you can call in case of an emergency." The woman said she enjoyed her walks and now feels robbed of a sense of safety. "I feel awful. I very much enjoyed walking through my neighborhood. It is a nice and safe community and I feel that has been taken away. It is very scary for many women who walk and bike ride and it's just not good," she said. She encouraged others to report any similar experiences. "If they can contact the police station and let them know if they experienced similar situations," she urged. Multiple cases investigated South Miami Police Sgt. Fernando Bosch told CBS News Miami that Coral Gables police, who assisted in the investigation, are looking into four to five similar cases in their city. Both departments are urging victims and anyone with information to come forward. "Not only do we have concerns but we know, we believe that he has done this in other municipalities close by," Bosch said. "Those municipalities are working cases and there are probably 4 to 5 cases with the same MO." "We believe this has been going on for a while, for a pretty long while and again we believe he has done it to other victims not known to police and we would like to hear from those victims," Bosch added. "These things tend to escalate." The woman also recalled her fear during the encounter. "I was terrified that he might put me in the car. I was very, very scared," she said. Fire-rescue responds Miami Fire-Rescue spokesperson Pete Sanchez confirmed the department is aware that a four-year veteran had been arrested and said contact would be made to begin an internal investigation. "Once contact is established, the department will initiate a thorough internal investigation in accordance with our policies and procedures," Sanchez said. Although Sams was not named in the statement, the department emphasized accountability. "The Department holds all personnel to the highest standards and does not tolerate conduct, on or off duty, that is inconsistent with the values of a City of Miami firefighter," Sanchez added. Sams remains in custody. An attorney CBS News Miami spoke with on Wednesday said a family member of Sams' had inquired about legal representation, but no formal engagement had been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact South Miami Police at (305) 663-6301 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS (8477).
Forbes
41 minutes ago
- Forbes
Henry Ruggs Apologizes For His Deadly Actions At NonProfit Event
During a public speaking event for former and current prisoners held by a Las Vegas nonprofit called Hope for Prisoners, former NFL receiver Henry Ruggs issued a public apology to the family of Tina Tintor for his drunken driving accident four years ago that took the life of the 23-year-old Timor and her dog Max. 'I wish I could turn back the hands of time,' Ruggs said in a video shared by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'I would love for them to meet the real Henry Ruggs and not the one that was escaping from something. I sincerely apologize not only for being a part of that situation, but the fact that my face was always in the news so they have to constantly be reminded of the situation.' Due to receiving a special release, Ruggs was given the chance to speak to the public for the first time since his 2023 court sentencing. In November of 2021, authorities reported that Ruggs was driving his Corvette at the top speed of 156 miles per hour around 3:40 a.m. before crashing into the victim's SUV. The incident left Tintor and her dog trapped inside the burning vehicle which led to their eventual deaths. While testing his blood-alcohol level at the scene, it was revealed that Ruggs' level was at a 0.16 which was more than twice the Nevada legal limit. Ruggs pleaded guilty to one count of DUI resulting in death and one misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter in May 2023 following the accident. He was sentenced three to 10 years by the Clark County District Court with the possibility of parole on August 7, 2026. Ruggs admitted to the public that time locked away has been a 'humbling' experience and expressed an added motivation to resume life 'outside these walls'. As of last year, the former NFL receiver has been residing in a transitional housing unit less than a mile away from the Raiders' home stadium Allegiant Stadium. While the parents of Tintor didn't directly respond to Ruggs' recent apology, Tintor's uncle Pedja Komazec spoke on their behalf through a text message between he and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'I have a lot of things to say, but just to say a couple words is not enough,' Komazec said in a text Tuesday night,' Komazec said to the Review-Journal. Prior to his crime, Ruggs was a first-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders after a successful three-year stint with the Alabama Crimson Tide. In 20 career games, he accumulated 921 receiving yards and four touchdown receptions.
Time Magazine
42 minutes ago
- Time Magazine
SCOTUS' Blow to Trans Rights Is History Repeating Itself
On June 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in United States. v. Skrmetti, a case that will have far-reaching effects on the lives of transgender Americans—and the principles of equal protection for all Americans. In Skrmetti, the parents of three transgender children sued the state of Tennessee for a law that nullified their children's rights to continue gender-affirming care. The law, which took effect on July 1, 2023, forbids treatment such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy—but only for transgender children. This, as a result, created two classes of people and two kinds of law: cis and trans. What Tennessee had done, said ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, who became the first openly transgender person to argue before the Court, is 'impose a blunderbuss ban overriding the very careful judgment of parents who love and care for their children and the doctors who have recommended the treatment.' In deciding against parental rights and against the advice of medical experts, the Court has put the health and well-being of the plaintiffs at risk. In the same text, the decision also has diminished the right to equal protection—the right to be who we are, and the right to be let alone. What is most striking about this decision, however, is just how much history repeats itself. Skrmetti carries echoes of the Supreme Court's 1986 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick, in which an Atlanta bartender, Michael Hardwick, sued for his right to sexual privacy. On August 3, 1982, an Atlanta police officer arrested Hardwick and a partner for oral sex conducted inside Hardwick's apartment, behind closed doors. Georgia deemed that act criminal and threatened a possible 20-year prison sentence. The Supreme Court ruled for the state on June 30, 1986, when it found that queer people had no right to sexual privacy, and that 'homosexual sodomy' could be made illegal. Both Hardwick and Skrmetti revolve around the idea of intermediate scrutiny—that to infringe upon the privacy and liberty of a person, as well as their right to equal protection, the state had to come up with some satisfactory reason why it had an interest. In Hardwick, American legal scholar Laurence Tribe argued for the Court on March 31, 1986, that the state should have to explain how and why it would be permissible to discriminate against homosexual sodomy. In Skrmetti's dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor reasoned that the case might demand intermediate scrutiny, so that 'we don't make personal judgements'—and so the Court, if it permitted the Tennessee law to survive, could minimize the suffering of anyone who might be legally barred from treatment. It's impossible to gauge how many people died as a result of Hardwick, as they refused to seek treatment for HIV in order to avoid discrimination. Michael Hardwick himself died of complications of HIV infection in 1991, a cause left off his death certificate to preserve what little privacy remained for his family. It wasn't until 2003 when the Supreme Court overturned itself in the Lawrence v. Texas decision that it recognized its decision in Hardwick was 'wrong the day it was decided.' Within a dozen years, the Court would find same-sex marriage to be a constitutional right in 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges. It seems that this will also be true for the United States. v. Skrmetti. The Supreme Court's June 18 decision held deeply disappointing and ill-informed opinions about the lives of transgender people. 'Transgender status is not 'immutable,'' wrote Justice Samuel Alito, 'and as a result, persons can and do move into and out of the class.' His opinion ignores the reasons a very slim minority of trans people may decide to conform to a cis identity—because it can ensure their safety in hostile places. Alito also suggested that 'transgender individuals have not been subjected to a history of discrimination,' which shows an astonishing lack of knowledge of queer lives and queer history, or perhaps the lack of concern for it. Justice Amy Coney Barrett went further. She found no reason to treat transgender people as a class subjected to discrimination, and unironically, wrote within her concurrence the very reasons that transgender people have had to fight for basic civil rights: because they have ''been subjected to discrimination'' and because they are ''a minority or politically powerless.'' In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote eloquently about the lives of transgender citizens, whose need to access treatment 'is not a matter of mere cosmetic preference,' as she noted. 'To the contrary, access to care can be a question of life or death.' The court failed precedent by not applying intermediate scrutiny, she writes—and in doing so, the Court 'does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause and invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight,' and brings 'untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them.' As in Bowers v. Hardwick, Sotomayor's dissent will hopefully be the inspiration for cases that will challenge and one day, perhaps, overturn Skrmetti. As Constitutional scholar Anthony Michael Kreis posted to social media in the aftermath of the decision, 'May Skrmetti be the Bowers of our time.' That said, until it is overturned, Skrmetti might grant 'open season' on trans rights. It places transgender children in states with such laws at risk of persecution and suicide. And while transgender adults now have more autonomy to make private decisions for themselves, the Skrmetti decision will no doubt encourage some states to try to ban gender-affirming care for anyone altogether. Skrmetti will further erode the rights to privacy and liberty already weakened by the decision three years ago to overturn Roe v. Wade. It bodes ill for the very ideas we hold to be fundamental. It is another in a series of decisions that diminishes the Constitution—an ode to liberty—to a grab bag of conflicting positions and murky language, ripe to be exploited. During its next term, the Court will hear a new case that contemplates queer rights, one that would legalize conversion therapy nationwide. That would put even more queer people at risk of psychological and physical cruelty, even in places where they now have legal protection. Queer people shouldn't be denied the protection of the Constitution because of their identity, but that is the condition the Supreme Court has chosen to leave untreated. As has been the case throughout so much of our history, queer people remain at risk, and on guard.
