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Deputy Seen On Video Beating Black Teen Bloody Is Reassigned, Community Demands Action: ‘We Don’t Want Lipservice’

BMS AdminApril 22, 2019April 22, 2019

by BMS AdminApril 22, 2019April 22, 201911785

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has placed one of its deputies on restrictive administrative assignment after video showing the officer brutalizing a 15-year-old Black student during

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Video: Florida Cop Harasses Black Father Holding His Baby And Repeatedly Calls Him ‘Boy’

BMS AdminFebruary 9, 2019February 9, 2019

by BMS AdminFebruary 9, 2019February 9, 2019016362

Florida strikes again. Another cop has been caught on video harassing an innocent person — this time it’s a Black father holding his child. On

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Florida Finally Pardons 4 Black Men Falsely Accused of Raping White Woman In 1949

BMS AdminJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 2019

by BMS AdminJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 201912274

After a dramatic, hourlong meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardons

Criminal Justice Current Events

Judge Sentences Florida Cops to Jail for Framing Black Teen

BMS AdminOctober 18, 2018

by BMS AdminOctober 18, 2018137663

A Florida judge on Tuesday sentenced a pair of convicted former officers to one year in prison for their role in pinning a string of

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Police Chief Pleads Guilty To Framing Innocent Black Men in Biscayne Park

BMS AdminSeptember 17, 2018

by BMS AdminSeptember 17, 201805202

Raimundo Atesiano, a former chief of police of a small town in Florida, had a strategy to create a fictitious 100 percent clearance rate for burglaries

Current Events

17 Killed in Florida High School Shooting

BMS AdminFebruary 14, 2018February 14, 2018

by BMS AdminFebruary 14, 2018February 14, 20180470

Seventeen people have been killed and others were wounded during a horrific act of violence at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The tragic event took place

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Florida Police Release Body Cam Footage of Jean Pedro Pierre’s Fatal Shooting

Janet GartnerDecember 11, 2017December 11, 2017

by Janet GartnerDecember 11, 2017December 11, 20170837

On Friday afternoon, the Broward Sheriff’s office released the video from surveillance cameras, two deputies’ body cameras and 911 recordings from the open investigation to

Community Criminal Justice Videos

Walking While Black In Florida Could Cost You

BMS AdminNovember 24, 2017November 24, 2017

by BMS AdminNovember 24, 2017November 24, 20170985

A recent analysis of the city of Jacksonville, Florida’s strict pedestrian safety laws found that police officers have been disproportionately enforcing the laws in the city’s predominantly Black

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9-Year-Old Girl Dead After 325-Pound Adult Cousin Sits on Her for Misbehaving

Gloria LandmanOctober 17, 2017

by Gloria LandmanOctober 17, 201701390

According to the Pensacola, FL News, a 9-year-old girl was killed after her 325-pound 64-year-old cousin sat on her as a form of punishment for

Community Current Events News

KKK Distributes Flyers Threatening to Beat Any Black Man Who Looks at a White Woman

BMS AdminOctober 11, 2017

by BMS AdminOctober 11, 201701635

Residents in Jacksonville, Florida, have recently been finding flyers dropped around their neighborhoods by the KKK. The flyers threaten violence towards any Black men who look at white

Current Events Education Hair News

Black Student Asked by School to Change Her Natural Hair Because It Was Against Hair Policy

BMS AdminMay 18, 2017

by BMS AdminMay 18, 20172 1191

A Florida teen was asked to change her natural hair because it was against dress code policy. 16-year-old Nicole Orr is a junior at the

Black Entrepreneurship Business Community

10 Of The Best Cities For Black Businesses To Thrive

BMS AdminFebruary 15, 2016March 5, 2016

by BMS AdminFebruary 15, 2016March 5, 201613408

If you’re looking for a good environment to start your small business, location is a major bullet point to consider. It’s important to consider if this

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