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On the other side are Florida’s Black leaders and national civil rights activists like Al Sharpton. They vow to ignite voter energy and unleash a grassroots movement to remind people that ...
1967 – 1967 Clearwater riot, June 3 [19] or 4, [21] Clearwater, Florida, a riot started after a white police officer tried to assist an African-American officer break up a fight between two African-American men. [21] 1967 – 1967 Philadelphia riot, June 11, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began after a dispute involving a rug. Bottle and brick ...
Clearwater is a city of about 117,000 people on the Gulf Coast about 24 miles (40 km) west of Tampa. Plane crashes into Florida mobile home, killing pilot, two others Skip to main content
This is a list of protests in Florida in response to the murder of George Floyd.On May 31, 2020, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis activated the Florida National Guard, and deployed 700 soldiers to assist law enforcement agencies across the state.
In early 2022, local officials prepared counter-protest measures for potential unrest ahead of the scheduled January 20 start of the federal civil rights trial of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao—Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene of George Floyd's murder on May 25, 2020.
In the final stretch before Election Day, it seems like everyone — from voter advocacy groups and election officials to risk management and security companies — is preparing for civil unrest.
The 1982 Overtown riot was a period of civil unrest in Miami, Florida, United States, from December 28 to 30, 1982.The riot was caused by the shooting death of an African American man in the city's Overtown neighborhood by a Latino police officer on December 28, leading to three days of disorder that resulted in one additional death, numerous injuries and arrests, and widespread property damage.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected across portions of the east-central to northeast Florida coast through Thursday morning, the hurricane center said in its morning update.