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Florida police officer is arguing to keep her job after she and another
city employee planned to use a Santeria practice to change the city
manager’s mind. North Miami Beach Police officer Elizabeth Torres is
scheduled to plead her case Monday before City Manager Lyndon Bonner.
She and office manager Yvonne Rodriguez allegedly tried to recruit a
City Hall janitor in August to sprinkle birdseed in and around Bonner’s
office as part of a Santeria practice aimed at changing the official’s
mind about cutting the city’s police budget. Torres, who was turned in
by the janitor, said the practice, which she learned from family
members, was only meant to help Bonner change his mind, not cause any
physical harm. Rodriguez has been terminated by the city. The police
chief recommended Torres receive a formal letter of reprimand and a
240-hour suspension.
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