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2 Police Officers Pull Over Black Fla. State Attorney, Can’t Explain Why
Bodycam footage from the Orlando Police Department shows two police officers pulling over Florida’s only black state attorney, Aramis Ayala. One officer claims they made the stop because the tint on her car’s windows was too dark. In a video released by the Daily Mail, the officer examined her driver’s license and struggled to explain…
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Fla. Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Who Were Separated Among Several Foster Families
Adoption has always been in the minds of one Marianna, Fla., couple. But Dashoan and Sofia Olds did something truly amazing when they adopted seven children, all siblings who had been previously separated among several foster families, to become one big family of nine. According to WJHG, when the couple saw a local news story…
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Fla. 18-Year-Old Arrested for Shouting Racist Taunts, Threatening Older Woman With Shotgun
An Ormond Beach, Fla., 18-year-old was arrested earlier this week after pulling a shotgun on an older woman on a local road while shouting racist taunts at her, the Daytona Beach, Fla., Police Department confirmed. William Ramey was pulled over by police around noon Monday and told police that he was not having a good…
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Hollywood, Fla., to Move Forward With Plan to Change Streets Named After Confederate Generals
Earlier this week, the Hollywood City (Fla.) Commission voted to move forward with plans to change the names of streets named after Confederate generals that, coincidentally or not, lie in the heart of the city’s African-American neighborhood. According to the Miami Herald, the commission voted on two key measures. One measure will have the city…
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Miami Judge Rules New ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Unconstitutional
An update to Florida’s controversial, seemingly for-whites-only “Stand your ground” law was deemed unconstitutional by a Miami judge on Monday. According to the Miami Herald, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the lawmakers who modified the law this year to force prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense claim at a pretrial hearing was illegitimate. He…
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Fla. Woman Shot, Killed at Home Hours After Posting on Facebook About ‘Making 6 Figures’
A Florida woman was in awe at where her hard work had taken her, and so she made a post on Facebook, recalling how she went from being homeless to raking in six figures. Hours later, she was shot to death. According to the Palm Beach Post, Makeva Jenkins worked her way from homelessness to…
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‘Nothing Like Almost Shooting Someone to Set Your Head Right’: Fla. Sheriff’s Deputy Fired After Boasting Online
A Florida sheriff’s deputy is out of a job after a photo surfaced of him boasting about almost shooting someone to “set [his] head right.” The Snapchat photo, which was posted June 25, shows Deputy Austen Callus, 23, sitting in a vehicle in plain clothes. The caption read, “Nothing like almost shooting someone to set…
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Man Spends 90 Days in Jail After Police Mistake Drywall Powder for Cocaine
Karlos Cashe, a handyman from Oviedo, Fla., spent 90 days behind bars after police thought his drywall powder was crack cocaine. Initially, in March, police pulled Cashe over for driving without headlights, but once they inspected his car, they found the powder on the floor and seats of the car. The powder, which was tested…
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#WalkingWhileBlack: Video Shows Fla. Cop Threatening to Jail Black Man for Crossing the Street, Not Having ID
A young black man in Jacksonville, Fla., was harassed by a local sheriff’s officer after he was allegedly caught in the horrific act of jaywalking without a license. Seriously. According to the Miami Herald, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer J.S. Bolen stopped 21-year-old Devonte Shipman and one of Shipman’s friends for jaywalking, all while attempting to intimidate…