Brother Lyle Muhammad

It looks that way, you know.

And again, we're still holding the other commissioners accountable.

And we're just asking a simple if I made a threat, I apologize.

but I need you all to produce the threat

First of all, in terms of the political retaliation revenge, let it be said for the record that in all my years in being in Miami, I've been here since 2007, I've had one 10-minute sit-down meeting with Commissioner Hardeman in all these years.

The only time

that I was approached by him.

Now, mind you, as an organization, we don't back candidates.

We as individuals back candidates.

Was when I was campaigning for someone running for the same seat that he was running for.

And he got out his car, came out into the middle of the street in the area and asked me, what was this?

Like, I don't have a right.

to participate in my freedom to back candidates.

But ever since that time, for me, it may go back for other members of the organization, but I'm responsible for leading.

So ever since that time, there has been a trail of injustices and attacks directly from Commissioner Hardeman, directly toward the Circle of Brotherhood.

And ironically, even with the latest attacks that took place in August of last year,

a national report came out that talked about the most historic drops in homicide in the history of Miami-Dade County.

And we were implicated as a major part of what made that happen.

Yet again, still, the county has zeroed out funding, not just for us, but for community-based violence intervention in general.

Yeah, this was the time when we were being denied the million dollar ARPA money that was earmarked to us by Mayor Suarez at the time in the city of Miami, which took three years to get that.