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It’s been nearly 20 years, but Reginald Jackson thinks often about the night a police officer here fired a bullet into his neck after a traffic stop.
Read More »Florida Black Man Shot By White Officer In 2001 Still Waiting On Payout From His City
Florida Wrestles With Surrendered Newborns: Bill Would Standardize ‘Baby Boxes,’ Give Mothers 30 Days To Give Away Infants Without Penalty
The bill would standardize the use of a newborn safety device, or “baby box,” at drop-off locations like hospitals, fire stations or emergency medical stations.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers, Elections Officials Propose Allowing ‘Super’ Voting Sites
Super voting sites, or “early voting on steroids” as Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen calls them, allows county elections offices to continue early voting procedures through Election Day.
Read More »In Test Of Florida’s Self-Defense Law, Appeals Court Throws Out ‘Stand Your Ground’ Claim In Murder Trial
A Florida appeals court is denying a Jacksonville man’s legal appeals to invoke the controversial “stand your ground” law over the death of his girlfriend, the latest case to define limits on claiming that a killing might be justified as self defense.
Read More »Elon Musk Wants To Burrow Tunnels Under Miami. Here’s What Engineers And Lawmakers Think
Musk, who also founded SpaceX and Neuralink, tweeted that he spoke with Gov. Ron DeSantis about the idea earlier this month.
Read More »It’s Legal In Florida For Certain Citizens To Carry Guns Inside The State Capitol
They can walk armed under the Rotunda, roam the corridors, visit lawmakers’ offices or scan the city below from the 22nd-floor observation deck.
Read More »Judge Defers Ordering Return Of Computers, Phone To Self-Described COVID Whistleblower
Rebekah Jones, 31, is suspected by authorities of hacking into a state emergency health network to transmit a message taunting the governor.
Read More »Police: Former Florida Lawmaker Arrested In Haiti On Weapons Charge
A police official in the coastal community of Miragoâne, who declined to be identified, said former Rep. Al Jacquet, 40, D-Palm Beach, was in custody on a charge of illegal possession of a weapon.
Read More »Florida Police Raid Home Of Pandemic Whistleblower In Investigation Of Illicit Message Transmitted Over Government Network
In court papers, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said technical logs from the incident included an internet address for a residential online account that traced back to Rebekah Jones' home in Tallahassee.
Read More »Behind Bars, Florida’s Prisoners Cheer Biden’s Election Victory
Alexander Clayton, 45, and other inmates across the state said in interviews that they have followed the general election closely from behind bars.
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