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Florida Mayor and Former FSU Wide Receiver Wayne Messam Announces 2020 Bid
As Mayor of Miramar, Fla., and a former football player for Florida State University, Wayne Messam, a 44-year-old business owner, is used to achieving success at a high level. After announcing his bid for the presidency Thursday, Messam believes he has a real shot at continuing his habit of success. A small-business owner for 20…
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Florida Republicans Slam the Brakes on Felons Looking to Restore Their Voting Rights
Remember in November when Floridans took to the polls, channelled Spike Lee, and Did the Right Thing by voting “yes” on Amendment 4? For those who can’t recall the fine details of the citizen-proposed ballot initiative, it reinstated the voting rights for people with felony convictions—excluding murder or sexual offenses—upon completion of their sentences. And…
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Ben Carson Keeps Busy Doing Nothing All Day, Leaves Early, and Lunches With the Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Ben Carson never wanted to be the Housing and Urban Development director; he wanted to be the president. After losing the Republican nomination to Donald J. Trump, Carson was quoted as saying, “Having me as a federal bureaucrat would be like a fish out of water, quite frankly.” Strangely, Carson considered Trump a “brother” (not…
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Florida Teacher Cries As She's Forced to Remove Kneeling Colin Kaepernick Poster
A Florida teacher was forced to remove a decorative door covering that showed former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling. The image was created for Black History Month and reportedly upset several whites in the community who found the cardboard image of a black man kneeling to be “offensive.” Port Charlotte High School teacher Alissa Perry…
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Bodycam Footage of Florida Deputy Grabbing Black Father by the Throat and Calling Him 'Boy' Sparks Investigation
According to the Daily Beast, a Florida deputy is the focus of an internal affairs investigation after body-camera footage from 2017 recorded him not only repeatedly calling a black father “boy”, but grabbing him by the neck during a profanity-laden confrontation. The internal investigation into Deputy James Cady, who reportedly has a history of making…
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Fla. Secretary of State Resigns After Photo Emerges of Him in Blackface as a ‘Katrina Victim’
Another day, another person is forced to resign because he thought it would be funny to paint his skin black, tie his hair in a scarf and wear a shirt that read, “Katrina victim.” Don’t worry if the joke is lost on you, that’s because it’s not funny. On Thursday, photos Florida’s Secretary of State…
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Correctional Trainee in Custody After Florida Bank Shooting Leaves Five Dead
Police took 21-year-old Zephen Xaver into custody after they say he opened fire inside a SunTrust bank branch in Sebring, Fla. early Wednesday afternoon. He has been charged with five counts of premeditated first degree murder. Xaver’s is the seventh mass shooting in Florida in less than three years. Wearing black glasses and a tan…
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Almost 70 Years After Being Falsely Accused of Rape, the Groveland Four Have Finally Been Pardoned
Throughout the course of American history, justice has proven itself to be a privilege that far too often eludes black people. And while often times this infringement on our humanity is rectified retroactively, it can never replace our dignity or the lives broken or engulfed by a corrupted criminal justice system. The most recent example…
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Four Florida Men Steal $500,000 Worth of Tequila
If any fears from 2018 should make their way into 2019, let this be among them: Florida men are working in teams. A semi-truck driver entered a diner near Tampa to grab a bite to eat. A few minutes later, after learning the establishment had been closed since 5PM, he exited the highway diner to…