florida
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Fla. Teen, 9-Year-Old Save Unsupervised 3-Year-Old From Drowning in Pool
Two young people in Florida are being hailed as heroes after preventing what could have been a tragic summer accident. Surveillance footage captured the frightening moment when an unsupervised 3-year-old girl almost drowned at a community pool, WKMG reports. The girl is seen going into the pool at Timber Trace Apartments in Titusville last Friday…
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Fla. Mom, Off-Duty Deputy Stop Man Who Tried to Drag 13-Year-Old Girl Away at Dollar General
A Florida mother was seen on video trying to wrestle her daughter from the arms of an abductor while the pair shopped inside a Citrus County Dollar General store Tuesday morning moments before the fleeing suspect was arrested by an off-duty deputy, Fox 13 reports. The suspect, identified by authorities as Craig Bonello, snatched the…
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Michael Dunn Appeals Murder Conviction for Shooting Jordan Davis in Loud-Music Case
Michael Dunn, the Florida man who was convicted of murder for shooting Jordan Davis at a gas station in November 2012, is seeking to have his convictions and life sentence thrown out, the Florida Times-Union reports. Dunn had gotten into an argument with Jordan, 17, and his friends over the loud music coming from their vehicle…
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Fla. Nursing School Grad Fatally Shot at House Party
A Florida nursing school graduate was shot and killed over the weekend after being caught in the crossfire at a Miami Gardens house party Saturday night, the Miami Herald reports. Alexandra Dean, who had only recently graduated a few weeks ago from Nova Southeastern University with a degree in nursing, was at the party around…
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Fla. Inmate Accused of ‘Faking It’ Before Dying From Police-Dog Bite
In a case shamefully similar to that of Gynnya McMillan, who died at a Kentucky juvenile detention center, and Jason Echeverrias, who perished at Rikers Island jail in New York City, yet another young person is dead because of gross correctional indifference. This time a young man in a Florida jail died of an infection from a…
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Murder Suspect Leads Authorities to Mutilated, Partial Remains of US Air Force Vet Tricia Todd
Authorities are resuming the exhumation of the partial remains of U.S. Air Force veteran Tricia Todd on Friday after her former husband led them to the crime scene, CBS12 reports. Partial remains were exhumed Thursday night hours after Steven Williams, who is charged in the murder of his ex-wife, physically led them to where he…
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Report: Software Used to Predict Future Crime Shows Racial Bias
Risk-assessment scores, which are becoming ever more common in courtrooms across the nation, are often used to make important decisions regarding a defendant’s freedom or the terms of the defendant’s freedom. However, according to ProPublica, the scores—which are based on an algorithm whose creators claim can predict defendants’ likelihood of committing another crime—seem to show…
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Fuck The Police, Volume 3,456,789,777,841,546,354,147
At this point, providing commentary on police fuckery is pointless. We all know that police are violating as many rights as they’re maintaining they uphold. Also, miss me with the good cops story. I’m sure there are some guys out there doing their job…until shit hits the fan and its “them” (aka the the citizens)…