Miami Cops Needlessly Arrest Thousands of Pot Smokers
Two more blocks and Polini Sanon would have made it home. The 31-year-old father of five had just left his job as a Wells Fargo banker on a Friday night in 2017 when his life took an unexpected turn.
It was just a few minutes past 6 p.m. but already dark in Overtown, with ten days to go before Christmas. Sanon, who is black, was driving his gray Chevy. His wife Thamara, a talented baker with light-brown eyes and flowing hair to match, was in the passenger seat. They smiled as they talked about their 4-year-old twin boys and decorating cakes over the weekend. They had orders lined up for a small business they had recently started.
But Miami Police had other plans.