Miami Beach officer fired after friendly fire incident on Venetian Causeway responds with federal lawsuit against department

A Miami Beach police officer that accidentally shot her fellow officer when responding to a call has been fired and now she mentioned she is planning to sue the department in federal court Shenaqua Stringer noted she s been under attack from her own department and coworkers ever since she responded to a call of a man with a gun along the Venetian Causeway on March Body camera footage obtained by News from the scene presented Stringer struggling with a suspect inferred to be armed Officer Fabio Bolanos arrived to assist when Stringer s gun discharged striking Bolanos in the leg That suspect investigators stated turned out to only be carrying a metal lighter Bolanos is still living with a bullet in his leg though he is back on the job Since the development Stringer has been suspended during the inspection but also was scheduled to be promoted at the police department But Tuesday she described News she lately detected out she has been fired I m hurt bothered and this is disgraceful noted Stringer I m seeing all these comments saying women shouldn t be in law enforcement DEI HIRE ' Since then Stringer reported she is the target of online attacks including chosen that came from her coworkers It s me on a bottle of hot sauce friendly fire sold by the chief ' announced Stringer showing the meme to News Black people use hot sauce and my Chief is black and it s almost like I m on a plantation being sold by the chief She reported the pictures have racist undertones Very hurtful because this picture was highlighting Black History Month revealed Stringer Her attorney didn t mince words on the subject This is racism it s an outrage it s disgusting announced Michael Pizzi Stringer s attorney Pizzi mentioned this would not be swept under the rug We re gonna be suing in federal court for millions of dollars for mistreating her based on her race noted Pizzi Pizzi is also taking aim at the controversial firearm used by Stringer that day The Sig Sauer P has been criticized by lawmakers with the military and others suing the company alleging the gun is susceptible to going off without the trigger being pulled These firearms are defective reported Pizzi Furthermore Stringer and Pizzi believe that the bodycam footage of the event has been edited When petitioned by News if Stringer presumed the footage was edited she responded I don t think I know When requested how she knew Pizzi responded That ll come out in the filing Through her struggle Stringer has one thing that she wants to accomplish with this lawsuit I want my name cleared and I am not walking away from years of hard work integrity and honor News reached out to the Miami Beach Police Department as well as the city and were described they cannot comment due to pending litigation