Imagine a tactical police unit raiding a business by charging up a back staircase during its busiest hours to investigate an alleged code violation.

That’s among the video evidence a nearly all-female litigation team showed a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale to prove a Miami commissioner repeatedly inflicted First-Amendment retaliation on the owners of the nightclub Ball & Chain, who supported the elected official’s political rival. But because of the implications of the verdict, the City of Miami said the litigation is far from over.

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