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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
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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 â Civil rights groups are seeking to invalidate a freshly signed Florida law that takes aim at demonstrations that turn violent, arguing in a federal lawsuit filed on May 11 that the n...
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 of groups such as the Dream Defenders and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP contends that ...