Earl Sampson

The Miami Gardens Police Department convinced the owner of the Quickstop convenience store, Alex Saleh, to sign up for "The Zero-Tolerance Zone Trespassing Program".

Miami Gardens Mayor, Oliver Gilbert, and City Manager, Cameron Benson, announced they would launch an investigation into the incident, and that "any officers who violated laws will be disciplined — up to and including being fired.

One of the officers named in the lawsuit, Jose Rosado, opted to help Sampson and his fellow plaintiffs rather than siding with the police department, claiming he "consistently took issue" with the excessive directives given by his supervisors.

Rosado provided information regarding law violations and public waste committed by police department staff to city officials in 2014 as well as via a sworn affidavit in the Sampson lawsuit a year later.

In particular, Rosado mentioned a supervisor named Maj. Anthony Chapman who directed him to "target black males between the ages of 15 and 30 and to conduct more field contacts with all such individuals regardless of probable cause."

In the suit, he claims to have suffered harassment, denial of assignments and opportunities because of not being a "team player," multiple unsubstantiated complaints filed against him, and retaliation specifically from Maj. Chapman, who continued to be employed by the department.