TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Lucy McBath is afraid many more people will die if Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill making it harder to prosecute when people claim they commit violence in self-defense. She already lost her son, an unarmed Black teenager, when a White man angry over loud music and claiming self-defense fired […]
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No Inoffensive Way to Say the “N-Word,” Fla. Senator Learns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — No matter what variation of the ‘n-word’ is spoken, a Florida state senator is learning the term is still offensive as Democrats and Republicans admonish him for using it during an exchange with two African-American colleagues. FILE – This March 9, 2012, file photo shows Republican state senator Frank Artiles, R-Miami, […]
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Police: Murder Victim’s Brother Among 4 Charged in Bogus Prison Release in Fla.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was charged with helping his brother’s killer and another murderer escape from prison with bogus court documents, authorities said Thursday in announcing more charges in the scheme. Willie Slater Jr. helped Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins escape from a Panhandle prison this fall because he owed Jenkins a […]
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Fla. Killers Caught
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two convicted killers who were freed from prison by phony documents were captured together without incident Saturday night at a Panama City motel, authorities said. Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were taken into custody about 6:40 p.m. at Coconut Grove Motor Inn. They were apprehended just a couple of […]