Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Is Pissed About His Depiction in Parkland Dad’s Mural
Since his son’s death at MSD, Manuel Oliver has been traveling the country painting murals. On Saturday he featured Matt Gaetz gripping an assault rifle.
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The Dolphins Should Cut Ryan Fitzpatrick Before the Season Even Begins
In a perfect world, the Dolphins would cut ties with Fitzpatrick before training camp.
Florida Prison Guards Joked About Shootings, Violence During #FeelingCute Challenge
The latest viral craze to get some fools in trouble with their bosses is the #FeelingCute challenge — a meme wherein users post that they’re #FeelingCute and about to do something wild at their jobs. For at least four Florida prison guards, “feeling cute” apparently meant committing acts of hypothetical violence or abusing inmates.
Ex-South Florida Cop Nouman Raja Gets 25 Years for On-Duty Killing of Corey Jones
Former Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja, the first Florida cop convicted for an on-duty killing since 1989, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for the death of Corey Jones. Raja fatally shot Jones, a 31-year-old local drummer, on the side of I-95 in October 2015.
After Complaints About Hate-Group Ties, Florida GOP Chair Held Event With More Extremists
On April 17, Gruters held a news conference to support SB 168, the anti-“sanctuary city” bill he’s pushing that would force towns to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigrant-rights groups say the bill, if it became law, would rip apart families just to appease some racist Republican voters.
The Ten Best Things to Do in South Florida This Week
Beatles on the Beach, the Lion King, the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, and more of the best things to do in South Florida this week.
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Tamarac Commissioner: Sheriff Tony Is Aggressive “Bully” Who Sets Bad Example for Deputies
In a stunning and disturbing appearance at the Tamarac City Commission today, Broward Sheriff Greg Tony blew up at the elected officials on the dais — rejecting their call to remove from duty an officer who was involved in the brutal beating of a teenager.
Five Fan-Approved Moves the Miami Dolphins Should Make in the NFL Draft
The NFL Draft kicks off tomorrow night and continues through Saturday evening in Nashville, Tennessee. The Miami Dolphins hold the 13th overall pick in Thursday’s first round. These are the facts. Everything else is mystery. Most predictions will be proven wrong by this time next year. None of us knows…
Florida’s Republican Party Chair Has a Very Racist Sign Outside His Office
State Sen. Joe Gruters has a hideously racist sign outside his office that purports to show the “Faces of Criminal Illegals Deported from Sarasota County.” According to a video posted online yesterday by activist Thomas Kennedy, Gruters apparently saw no issue with keeping this abominable sign up while a child begged him not to pass a bill that would hurt his family.
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The Anatomy of Brutality: Videos Cast Doubt On Deputy’s Account of Viral Attack On Student
Aa careful comparison of Krickovich’s account with cellphone videos of the after-school incident at Tamarac Town Square indicates the deputy misrepresented his confrontation with Delucca Rolle in his arrest report.
Parkland Survivors Criticize Broward Police and Tweet #JusticeForLucca After Video of Taravella Teen Goes Viral
Survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took to Twitter this week to condemn police brutality after a recent video of a Broward Sheriff’s deputy slamming a teenager’s face to the ground went viral.
Trayvon Martin Family Attorney, Benjamin Crump, Takes on Case of Beaten Broward County Teen
The attorney who represented the families of Trayvon Marton and Michael Brown has now taken on the case of Delucca Rolle, the Tamarac teen who was slammed to the ground and pepper-sprayed in the face outside a McDonald’s last Thursday, April 18. “It is unconscionable what we’ve seen happen to…
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Fire Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony if He Doesn’t Dump the Cop Who Body-Slammed Taravella Teen
The viral video showing a Broward deputy brutalizing an unarmed black teen last week is another reminder that racism is an integral component of police culture. This past April 18, a witness video recorded Officer Christopher Krikovich pepper-spraying and body-slamming an unarmed black boy…
The Five Best Earth Day Events in South Florida
From beach cleanups to crash courses on sustainability and going green, Earth Day offers us opportunities to transition into Earth-friendly habits that may add up to a global step in the right direction.
South Florida Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Democratic Lawmakers, Including Ilhan Omar
Lately, Donald Trump fans have enjoyed attacking left-leaning Americans. Last year, for instance, Miami-area resident Cesar Sayoc sent pipe bombs to prominent liberals across the nation and went to jail. Today another South Florida man was arrested, this time for allegedly threatening to kill four Democrats.
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Presidential Candidate Wayne Messam Missed Payroll for Campaign Team, Ex-Staffer Says
According to a recently departed staffer, Wayne Messam’s campaign team didn’t receive their paychecks Monday as expected. As a result, multiple staffers have resigned this week, the source says.
Videos Show Broward Deputies Pepper Spraying, Punching Teens Near Taravella High School UPDATED
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating a situation where deputies pepper-sprayed, punched, and slammed into the ground at least two teens Thursday afternoon near J.P. Taravella High School. Videos of the incident began rapidly spreading on social media Thursday night.
The Ten Best Things to Do in South Florida This Week
Fort Lauderdale’s Pirate Festival, Aziz Ansari, Taco Tuesday at Rocco’s Tacos, and more of the best things to do in South Florida this week.
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The Florida Panthers Accidentally Created a #QAnon Conspiracy Meme
Earlier this month, the Florida Panthers made a bunch of posters and a literal billboard emblazoned with the sentence “Q IS HERE” — a reference to the team’s new coach, Joel Quenneville — and some people now believe it’s a reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
The Ten Best 4/20 Parties and Events in South Florida
4/20 is bound to be bigger than ever in Florida this year in the wake of medical marijuana legalization and increasing acceptance of bud-derived products.
South Floridians Rally to Pressure Gov. Ron DeSantis to Ban Fracking Statewide
Organized by the People’s Climate Movement Broward and Floridians Against Fracking, Wednesday’s rally in Oakland Park will be one of a slew of anti-fracking rallies that will occur across the state.
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Sun Sentinel Wins Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for Its Coverage of Parkland Shooting
The South Florida Sun Sentinel won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the biggest and most important of journalism’s awards, for its coverage of the mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The committee cited a series of stories, perhaps the best of which was “Unprepared and Overwhelmed,”…