With opponents shouting shame! and our voices are not heard, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis priority bills for 2021 moved another step closer to his desk Wednesday.
The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee OK d the contentious anti-riot legislation (HB 1) on a 10-5 party-line vote; progressives and other activists have labeled it unconstitutional and even racist.
Almost 70 speakers from groups around the state spoke against the bill, including some who urged the panel to kill this bill before it kills us.
Two speakers were removed from the meeting by House sergeants-at-arms after violating rules of decorum, one for using profanity and another for not ending her remarks after the allotted one minute.
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11th Circuit State Attorney, justice reform commission back the legislation
Katherine Fernandez Rundle
A grass-roots justice reform group begun by the 11th Circuit State Attorney’s Office is backing legislation calling for better training of police to de-escalate potentially violent confrontations and limiting the use of choke holds.
The Continuing Criminal Justice Reform Commission, set up by State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in December, has won sponsorship for the legislation (SB 1970 and HB 1513) from Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-Miami, chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Miami, will be co-sponsoring.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said teachers and law enforcement officers ages 50 and older will have access to COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming days