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Florida man, 70, knocked out after bringing food donations to church, police say
Cox Media Group ^ | 4/23/2020 | Staff

Posted on 04/24/2020 7:25:02 AM PDT by simpson96

OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion he punched a 70-year-old man who was delivering food to the needy outside a church, police said.

Burnice Lee S. Mikell approached the victim outside the Opa-Locka Church of God and asked him what he was doing there, WPLG reported.

Police said the victim told Mikell, 64, he was there to give food to people in need. Mikell was upset that he was not contacted first and punched the victim in the face, knocking him out, WPLG reported.

Mikell is not part of the church; however, the church allows him to use a nearby building to feed the needy. Mikell told police he punched the man because he feared for his life, WPLG reported.

Mikell was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on an elderly person, WPLG reported. He is being held in jail without bail.

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1 posted on 04/24/2020 7:25:02 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Leave the bastid in the slam for about a week for his mental health.


2 posted on 04/24/2020 7:28:59 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: simpson96

Starve the pig.


3 posted on 04/24/2020 7:29:03 AM PDT by Tuketu (The i(D)iot Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: simpson96

Source with pic of perp that you don’t really need to see, https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/04/23/opa-locka-pastor-accused-of-punching-man-who-brought-food-donations-for-people-in-need/


4 posted on 04/24/2020 7:29:33 AM PDT by Pollard (shadowbanned)
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To: simpson96

Pastor Burnice S. Mikell

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/04/23/opa-locka-pastor-accused-of-punching-man-who-brought-food-donations-for-people-in-need/

5 posted on 04/24/2020 7:30:08 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: simpson96

Three hots and a cot. HVAC, roof over the noggin’..............


6 posted on 04/24/2020 7:30:22 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Pollard

Yep. It looks like somebody be disrespected.


7 posted on 04/24/2020 7:32:31 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Youth is blunder,Maturity is struggle,old age is regret.....Disraeli.)
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To: simpson96

Someone was edging in on his turf to feed the needy?

WWJD? Punch him out.


8 posted on 04/24/2020 7:33:18 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: Pollard

At my old church in the Seattle area, we decided to start a “feed the poor” program. We got the word out, got a bunch of food, and it went pretty well that Friday, which was the day we did it.

Saturday all of our musical equipment was stolen. I lost my bass amp and speaker. Fortunately I took my bass home every Sunday.

That was the only Friday we did it.

I always ask, is it low character that makes people poor, or poverty that causes people to be of low character.


9 posted on 04/24/2020 7:35:19 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Menehune56

That’s a dangerous animal. Shoot to kill.


10 posted on 04/24/2020 7:37:52 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: simpson96

At least there’s still room for “Florida man...” stories.


11 posted on 04/24/2020 7:40:03 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: simpson96

He’s another “pastor,” huh? If I’m not mistaken, battery on an individual over the age of 65 is a felony in FL. This SJW, or whatever he thinks he is, is gonna spend a lot of time in the hoosegow. (Maybe in the CV block?)


12 posted on 04/24/2020 7:40:36 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: simpson96; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON

I hope the victim is okay. Don’t try to bring muffin stumps or flagged books to the homeless, either. That might not go well.


13 posted on 04/24/2020 7:43:24 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: simpson96

He wanted the food for himself so HE could distribute it to his cronies.


14 posted on 04/24/2020 7:54:25 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: simpson96

15 posted on 04/24/2020 7:58:17 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: 4yearlurker

“Mikell told police he punched the man because he feared for his life,”

The 70 year old man was armed with a banana


16 posted on 04/24/2020 8:27:22 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: Demiurge2

knockout game didn’t cancel its season


17 posted on 04/24/2020 8:27:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The fish wrap media promoted Obama's Benghazi lies in 2012.)
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To: simpson96

“Florida man” at it again.


18 posted on 04/24/2020 10:40:37 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (re: domestic supply chains: "We cannot outsource our independence!" -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: RasterMaster

That episode of Malcom in the Middle aired in 2002. That kid, is now 29. Not old yet, but getting there.


19 posted on 04/24/2020 11:25:50 AM PDT by Malsua
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