The Miami Police Department is investigating threats against City Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela that appeared in the comment section of a recent video posted to Instagram by filmmaker Billy Corben.
The investigation lands amid ongoing tensions between Gabela and Corben, who has posted several videos to Instagram in recent weeks that are critical of the first-term commissioner. The videos include clips of Corben engaging with Gabela at public meetings in what sometimes became heated exchanges.
In the posts, Corben has accused Gabela of “weaponizing government” and criticized him for pushing to name a city street after a former commissioner who resigned as part of a plea deal after he was accused of exploiting his public office…