Prosecutors charged Michael Drejka with manslaughter Monday Aug. 13, 2018 in the death of Markeis McGlockton whose videotaped shooting in a store parking lot has revived debate over Florida’s “stand your ground” law.
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Organized protests took place simultaneously outside of the offices of state Sen. Keith Perry, state Rep. Chuck Clemons and U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho.
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A group of protesters in St. Augustine marched for the removal of an obelisk honoring the Confederate cause.
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused the Trump administration of a "cover-up" after officials denied him entry Tuesday to a detention center for migrant children in South Florida where he had hoped to survey living conditions.
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When he was killed 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was working on a campaign to unite poor people of diverse backgrounds to demand better homes, jobs and education.
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University of Florida freshman Alyson Moriarty is also ready to make her voice heard in the #NeverAgain movement. She says instead of grieving, she decided to take action.
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This was the scene of Parkland's "March For Our Lives," one of more than 800 similar events taking place around the world.
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High school students across North Central Florida joined their counterparts nationwide to walk out of school Wednesday morning in solidarity and protest over gun violence reform.
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In response to the killings of 17 people at a Parkland school by a 19-year-old with an AR-15, some gun owners across the country are waging personal protests against mass shootings by destroying their own guns.
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Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and motionless, listening intently as raw emotions reverberated at the White House.
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