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What in the Florida? Video Shows Man Riding on the Hood of Speeding Car on I-95
Florida gon’ Florida. And a recent video from the good ol’ Sunshine State—more specifically South Florida—captured the most curious (and terrifying) sight: a man holding on to the hood of a car speeding down Interstate 95 while casually on his phone. WPLG-TV Local 10 viewer Daniel Midah captured the shocking video Sunday night on I-95…
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Parkland, Fla., School Monitor Who Didn’t Confront Shooter Was Accused of Sexually Harassing Students: Report
Andrew Medina, a security monitor at Parkland, Fla.’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, saw accused shooter Nikolas Cruz step onto campus the day of the massacre. Despite suspecting that something was wrong—Medina said he radioed another monitor and told him to “keep your eyes” open—Medina himself didn’t confront the shooter. Now a new report reveals…
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Florida Police Officer Resigns After Being Caught on Camera Calling Black Man a ‘Piece of Shit [N-Word]’
A St. Petersburg, Fla., police officer has resigned hours after being captured on cellphone video using a racial slur while responding to a dispute. Probationary Officer Michael Naples, who had only been sworn in last July, was seen on video calling a black man who was recording his encounter with police a “piece-of-shit nigger.” The…
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‘Your Language Sounds Nasty’: Woman Captured on Viral Video Going on Racist Rant at Florida Nail Salon
Looks like this Becky’s beauty is definitely only skin-deep. An unidentified woman was captured on video going on an offensive, racist rant at a Hillsborough County, Fla., nail salon. “If they don’t understand the language, they should go back to their own country, period,” the woman is heard saying in the video, which has spread…
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Police Framed 16-Year-Old for Burglaries to Boost Crime Stats: Prosecutors
A former police chief and two officers of a tiny Miami-area town are facing federal charges after prosecutors say the law enforcement officials conspired to frame a teenager for four burglaries. Whenever stories of police corruption surface, they are immediately countered with the trite “bad apple” aphorism. While it is a provable fact that one…
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Florida Strikes Again: White Woman Captured on Video Spewing Curses, Racial Slurs at Black Family
I won’t even bother making a quip about Florida today because we all know what’s up. So let’s get right into the story. Facebook user Covey Banks, who is a physician, exposed some ugly racism that occurred at the Omni Orlando Resort over Memorial Day weekend, sharing footage of a white woman screaming racial slurs…
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Florida Deputy Suspended for 40 Hours After Saying Jeep Smelled Like ‘Dirty [N-Word]s’ After Break-In
A Florida deputy was suspended for a whole 40 hours after being caught on bodycam footage using the n-word during a break-in investigation that involved his own vehicle. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Di Orsini’s Jeep was the victim of a break-in this week, and as Di Orsini was inspecting the video, he stated…
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Florida Jury ‘Awards’ $4 to Family of Black Man Killed by White Police Officer
There’s really no amount of money that can soften the blow of having a loved one taken away from you, but one Florida jury added insult to an inexcusable injury by awarding $4 to the family of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. after his shooting death at the hands of police. According to NBC News, when…
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Florida Cop Arrested After Threatening to Kill Woman and Her Family if She Didn’t Send Him Nude Photos: Report
Another day, and Florida is back in the news for some crazy, highly worrisome reason. On Tuesday, authorities in Florida arrested a fellow law enforcement officer after he allegedly sent threatening messages to a Georgia woman in a sick bid to get her to send him nude photographs. Orange City Police Officer Joshua David Fancher,…
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I Love This Song: George Zimmerman Tells Court He’s a Broke-Ass Bitch Who’s $2.5 Million in Debt With No Income
George Zimmerman, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012, has revealed that he is $2.5 million in debt, with no income on top of that. Cue the world’s smallest violin. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the details surrounding Zimmerman’s finances, or lack thereof, were filed in a Seminole County court in support of a request…