Democracy for America Miami-Dade joined a Flotilla during the Mayors Conference in Miami. The event was called "Money for Cities, Not War." Organizers had worked for weeks to get permission to rally by land and sea. We were told we would be fine if we remained 150 feet from shore. Bad weather caused many boats to cancel. The Coast Guard took care of the rest. At the last minute, they decided to block off the water 1,000 feet from shore at Vizcaya and closed off the channel. Prior to this we were sitting on the water, engine off, near the Rickenbacker. Out of nowhere a Miami-Dade police boat, doing their best impression of drunk teenagers on jet skis, charged us at top speed, stopped short and buzzed our boat creating a huge wake. They circled us and rode off when we took out cameras and started taping. They belong in a water safety class at the very least.
We headed back to shore and drove by the activists rallying outside Vizcaya. We blared the horn and did two passes.
Friday was a sad day for our Constitution. Congress enabled the White-Outting of our Fourth Amendment and the Coast Guard atttempted to erase the First.