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Read for Filth: City Leader Calls Out ‘Bad Police Officer’ During Awards Ceremony in Broward County, Fla.
Some wild shit is forever going down in Florida; this time it’s Broward County. During a ceremony earlier this week honoring Broward County Sherriff’s Office deputies, a ballsy city official aired out an officer for allegedly falsely arresting him years before. Surely, the last thing Deputy Joshua Gallardo thought he was walking away with —during…
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Scamming Icon ‘Dr. Love’ Freed From Prison
Malachi Love-Robinson, the teenage scammer imprisoned for impersonating a doctor and defrauding an elderly patient, is now a free man. Once known as “Dr. Love,” the 22-year-old Florida (where else?) man was released from custody on Monday after serving 20 months of a 3.5-year sentence, NBC News writes. Love-Robinson made headlines—and, as these things go,…
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Now, He Worries: Trump Shows Concern as Hurricane Dorian Bears Down on Florida; Not So Much When It Was Headed for Puerto Rico
Seems there was a time — long, long ago — when the commander in chief, the so-called leader of the free world, was also the consoler in chief, comforting Americans in their time of need and assuring them all would be right with the world. These are apparently not those days — at least not…
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Florida Jury Finds Michael Drejka Guilty of Manslaughter, Rejecting His ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense for Killing Markeis McGlockton
All hail Florida! Six years after the Sunshine State was marred in shame for its controversial “stand your ground” law—which let George Zimmerman off for killing Trayvon Martin in cold blood—the tides may be turning. Michael Drejka, who shot and killed an unarmed father in front of his family in a dispute over a handicap…
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ICE Said to Have Shut Down an Immigrant Hotline After Orange Is the New Black Featured It in an Episode
In what seems to be a case of life imitating art, Donald Trump style, immigration advocates charge the Trump administration deactivated a lawyer hotline set up for detainees—after an episode discussing the hotline aired on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black. Freedom for Immigrants, a California advocacy group, says Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down…
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Black Ex-Felons Will Bear the Brunt of Florida’s New ‘Poll Tax’ Law, According to Findings of New Study
Some 80 percent of Florida’s ex-felons eligible to vote will be barred from registering under a new state law, including a disproportionate number of blacks, despite a clear majority of voters approving a change to the state’s constitution meant to restore their voting rights. That’s the finding of a preliminary study done by a University…
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Pregnant Yung Miami Tears Into Kodak Black After He Threatens to Punch Her in the Stomach
Kodak Black, universally recognized as the bane of the universe, is a lot of things. He’s a serial mumble rapper who’s somehow parlayed his dearth of talent into becoming a premiere recording artist and a doting father who should be lauded for his philanthropic efforts, which include gifting 150 kids with toys for Christmas and…
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119 Dismissed Cases Later, a Crooked Cop Was Arrested for Planting Drugs During Routine Traffic Stops
A former sheriff’s deputy in Florida has been arrested and unceremoniously dismissed after an investigation uncovered his penchant for pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations and planting drugs inside of their vehicles. The Hill reports that on Wednesday morning, 26-year-old Zachary Wester was slapped with felony charges of racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, possession…
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Black Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Being Shot by a Police Officer During Traffic Stop
For black men throughout the country, getting pulled over by the police is one of our biggest fears—if not our greatest source of anxiety. But to be charged with attempting to murder a police officer after what should’ve been a routine stop is something none of us could ever foresee coming. WESH-2 reports that at…
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Trump’s Reelection Campaign Is Trying to Woo Latino Voters While Threatening to Purge America of Latinos
President Trump is nothing if not tone deaf. Somehow, Trump pulled favorable numbers with Hispanic voters in 2016, and now the president’s campaign to steal the White House in 2020 has its eyes set on pulling the Hispanic vote while simultaneously threatening to rid America of undocumented immigrants and locking children of those who cross…