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For 1,000 days, after a decade of racist violence and unrest in Florida and around the US, a boycott launched by Black residents in Miami called on Black tourists and businesses to stay out of the ...
Airlines ranging from one of the world’s largest to scrappy discount carriers canceled flights between South Florida and Haiti on Monday in response to a worsening situation there that has ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
The 1980 Miami riots (also called the Arthur McDuffie riots) were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, [1] following an all-White male jury acquitting five white Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie (December 3, 1946 – December 21, 1979), a Black insurance salesman and United States Marine Corps lance corporal.
Republican governor has officially entered White House race after months of speculation as live Twitter event alongside Elon Musk struck by tech issues