In a tragic loss for the LGBTQ community, Florida marriage equality activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston has been found dead in what appears to be a still-unsolved murder. Bianca Padró Ocasio of the Miami Herald reported that “Diaz-Johnston, 54, had been missing since Jan. 3. His body was found in a trash…
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Florida School Bans Education on COVID-19 Science and Gender Fluidity — In Addition to Critical Race Theory
In an effort to “teach students how to think instead of what to think,” a school in Florida has taken bans on progressive subjects to a whole new level, barring classroom discussion of not just critical race theory but also gender fluidity and even the science behind how COVID-19 is…
Violent Meme Video Depicting Fake Trump Shooting Critics and Media Shown at His Resort
The White House is condemning a violent meme video of a fake President Donald Trump shooting and stabbing the media and his political opponents that was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort. The footage, which the New York Times obtained, was from a conference that…
Lester Brown, Miami-Area Police Officer, Charged After Pushing Migrant Worker Inmate Jose Garcia Into a Wall
A Miami-area police officer, Lester Brown, has been charged with felony battery and official misconduct after a surveillance video revealed him pushing an inmate — a migrant worker named Jose Garcia — head first into a wall and injuring him. Garcia was arrested Dec. 1 and brought to the Homestead Police…
Trayvon Martin’s Mom, Sybrina Fulton, Running for Miami-Dade Commissioner So ‘Families are safe from violence’
Trayvon Martin was unarmed and only 17 years old in 2012 when he was shot by 28-year-old “neighborhood watch captain” George Zimmerman. When Zimmerman was acquitted on the basis of “self-defense” using Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, it sparked nation-wide protests and the Black Lives Matter movement. The tragedy also…
Archived: Black-Owned Art Gallery in Miami Vandalized with Swastika
During Miami Art Week, one of the city’s busiest times of the year, a Black-owned art gallery in Little Haiti was vandalized with a spray-painted swastika and profanity. Karla Ferguson, owner of Yeelen Gallery, realized on Saturday morning there was a hate symbol defacing the outside of the building. “An…
Archived: Cop Fired in Miami for Kicking Pregnant Black Woman in the Stomach Forcing Her to Go Into Premature Labor
An off-duty Miami Beach police officer and her sister brutally attacked a woman while she was on a date with her boyfriend. Ambar Pacheco kicked eight-months-pregnant, Evoni Murray, age 27, in the stomach and has been fired, police officials said. The attack sent Murray into premature labor. Evoni Murray told…
Archived: Six Firefighters Fired After Placing Noose over Black Colleague's Family Photo
Six Miami firefighters were fired this week after allegedly placing a noose over a Black lieutenant’s family photo as well as drawing sexually graphic images on photos. Among the men terminated were a captain and a lieutenant. The incident took place in September at the City of Miami Fire Station…