A request for more grant dollars by a Miami charity went off the rails on Wednesday when the Miami-Dade County Commission instead voted to suspend all funding for the group and a related nonprofit.
The unscheduled vote to suspend funding to the Circle of Brotherhood and the Neighbors and Neighbors Association followed a claim by Commissioner Keon Hardemon that he was threatened when more than a dozen supporters of the charities showed up to Wednesday’s commission meeting to ask for more county funding.
He likened some of the group’s comments to “gang activity” for what he perceived as intimidation…