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A federal appeals court has punted the future of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-riot law to the Florida Supreme Court, asking the justices in Tallahassee what the law might mean by

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals left in place an injunction against Florida’s anti-protest law, otherwise known as H.B. 1, while inviting the Florida Supreme Court to express its views on the law’s proper interpretation.  

In some of the highest-profile cases, the zeal to send an anti-brutality message to law enforcement is not shared by the citizens who sit on juries. Take Steven Pohorence, accused of pushing a kneeling protester during a Black Lives Matter protest. The jury found him not guilty this week.

In some of the highest-profile cases, the zeal to send an anti-brutality message to law enforcement is not shared by the citizens who sit on juries. Take Steven Pohorence, accused of pushing a kneeling protester during a Black Lives Matter protest. The jury found him not guilty this week.

Revealed: a private autopsy report shared with the Guardian concludes Desir’s death was a homicide. This article contains description of physical violence

A Black Florida man suffering from mental illness died in jail last year. Now friends and family of Kevin Desir are still demanding justice and

Six Broward Sheriff’s detention deputies who fought with a jail inmate having an apparent mental breakdown before he died won’t face criminal charges or any discipline.

Taking away a license over unpaid fines for minor traffic infractions makes work and family life a misery for low-income Americans. States should reform this punitive, unjust practice.

The Dream Defenders, NAACP, Black Lives Matters and other Florida activists join a federal lawsuit, calling the new law racially motivated. A group of peaceful protesters takes a knee and pauses as they march down Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale on June 6, 2020. They were peacefully protesting the killing of George Floyd. MIKE STOCKER/SUN SENTINEL/TNS BY BOBBY CAINA CALVAN ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE — Civil rights groups are seeking to invalidate a freshly signed Florida law that ta...

Groups challenge constitutionality of protest law The suit contends the law will have a chilling effect on protected speech and violates equal-protection and due-process rights. Arguing that a new law is intended to “suppress the viewpoints of Black-led organizations and their allies,” a coalition of groups Tuesday challenged the constitutionality of changes championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on violent protests. A 62-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Tallahassee on behalf ...