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Vietnam war veteran turned peace activist Scott Camil has been to a few protests over the years. He was one of the Gainesville Eight, a group of men who were charged with conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican convention in Miami Beach. They were acquitted. At the 1971 University of Florida homecoming parade, he joined in some street theater — he and others dressed in army clothes, carried a flag-draped coffin and pretended to stab people in the crowd who were in on the gag and had fake blood. Over the years, Camil has slowed down a bit on the protest front but he is riled by the “ant...

Florida's new anti-riot law: How does it fit with Gainesville's history of protest? Cindy Swirko, The Gainesville Sun © [FILE PHOTO/The Gainesville Sun] A large group of protesters march between the Florida Gym and what was the old engineering building as demonstrators raise their fists days after the Kent State massacre, May 7, 1970. [FILE PHOTO/The Gainesville Sun] Vietnam war veteran turned peace activist Scott Camil has been to a few protests over the years. He was one of the Gainesville Eight, a group of men who were charged with conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republic...

Alachua County NAACP President Evelyn Foxx said she never thought she would see a white police officer found guilty of murdering a Black man during the course of his duties. “Justice has finally come to us,” Foxx said. “This was like the day Obama was elected president. It is just good that this is America.” Chanae Jackson, 41, is a lifelong Gainesville resident. She is a mother of four with two grown sons who said she lives in fear they will be mistreated by police.  "I'm numb but just overwhelmed with emotion but in a very positive way. There's hope," Jackson said. "I try to celebr...

Police turn to scanning technology to identify suspects Cindy Swirko, The Gainesville Sun © Alex_Schmidt,Getty Images/Stock Photo Three people died and five others were injured in a St. Johns County crash early Saturday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Rioters in the U.S. Capitol who streamed or selfied their invasion should not have been surprised when police came knocking with an arrest warrant. But with the increasing use of technology such as facial recognition and license plate readers — along with ubiquitous cameras — it no longer takes self documentation to catc...

Print “Everybody wants a car guy or car girl they can call and say, ‘Hey, I need brakes,’ or ‘It’s time for a new [vehicle],’ ” says Joel Tanner of Donley Automotive Group. One element of the Quantum5 training program is to make service advisers advocates for their customers, a term likely to raise eyebrows at some dealerships because it sounds like giving money away. But to Joel Tanner, the fixed operations director at Donley Automotive Group, it means building a customer relationship based on trust. As a result, when customers call a dealership for service, they will ask for...