Miami-Dade County
Kimberlee Falkenstine
Kimberlee Falkenstine, a 33-year-old Miami resident, was arrested on Sunday by Miami Seashore police after protesting towards COVID-19 orders. Based on the Miami Herald, the police stated that Falkenstine walked onto the sand at South Seashore and refused to depart, sitting down with an indication that learn, “we’re free.”
The outlet obtained the arrest report, which said that Falkenstine left a delegated protest space in Lummus Park and walked previous the indicators and plastic obstacles warning that the seaside is closed. The police stated that she “talked about that the seaside was for the general public and that it was her proper to be there.”
Falkenstine has been charged with resisting an officer with out violence, trespassing after receiving a warning and violating an emergency order, as per the Miami-Dade County’s Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Falkenstine Was Ordered to Depart A number of Occasions, Based on Miami Seashore Police
A Miami Seashore police spokesperson, Ernesto Rodriguez, stated that Falkenstine was warned “a number of occasions” to depart the seaside, and approached her a couple of occasions earlier than lastly handcuffing her at round four p.m. The arrest report states that at this level, she “dropped her useless weight and [refused] to maneuver,” so the officers picked her up and carried her to the police automotive.
After her arrest, she was delivered to the Miami Seashore police station after which Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart. She is being held on a $2,500 bond in response to the Miami-Dade County’s web site.
Footage of Falkenstine’s arrest was shared to Fb by Chris Nelson, one of many organizers of the protest at Lummus Park:
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