On Saturday a protester was hospitalized and arrested after being struck and carried off by a vehicle that had driven through a demonstration in Hyde Park. About 50 people had gathered to show support for activist and veteran Jae Passmore, who sustained a leg injury and a concussion a week ago during another Black Lives Matter rally where she was… Read more »
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Panelists ponder why construction is allowed over some burial sites
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Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Says There’s No Proof Widespread Illegal Voting in US Exists
Radioactivity 4 20 18 Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity investigative reporter Greg Palast (The Guardian, The BBC, Rolling Stone Magazine) says that while FOX News and President Trump say that millions of people voted illegally in the last election there is no evidence that is true. In fact he says a trial on the matter currently… Read more »
Hearing postponed over officer’s Stand Your Ground claim for fatally shooting a black motorist
A judge has postponed a hearing to decide whether a fired police officer charged with fatally shooting a stranded black motorist should go to trial. Circuit Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer late Tuesday postponed former Palm Beach Gardens Officer Nouman Raja’s “stand your ground” hearing until May. It had been scheduled to begin Wednesday. Raja is… Read more »
Ed O’Bannon tells WMNF how he sued the NCAA and won
Former college basketball player Ed O’Bannon took on the giant NCAA in court – and won his lawsuit in 2014; O’Bannon wanted athletes to be able to receive compensation for the use of their likenesses in broadcasts and video games to play for real gaming! His lawsuit originally was against both the NCAA and the… Read more »
Tampa protesters mock Jeff Sessions with signs & chants
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was in Tampa Wednesday for a meeting of leaders trying to deal with the opioid addiction crisis; but outside the building where Sessions was meeting, forty protesters criticized his positions on racism, private prisons and even his opposition to the legal use of cannabis as an alternative to opioids. One… Read more »
MLK speech used in truck ad railed against consumerism and ads
During Sunday night’s Super Bowl, you may have seen an ad for Dodge Ram trucks encouraging people to do community service — along with the video were audio clips from a Martin Luther King, Jr. speech from fifty years ago; but there’s been a push-back against using the words of a man who spoke out… Read more »
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In the 1920’s the KKK relied on Fake News, Religious Conservatives and Anti-Immigrant Feelings
Radioactivity 1 30 18 Fear of immigrants. It’s been at the center of President Trump’s call to build a wall across the US border with Mexico. And at the center of his attacks on so called Sanctuary cities. And it’s entered into the debate over the future of the so called Dreamers—young who were brought… Read more »
Update on Florida prisoner strike
We bring you an update on the prisoner strike in Florida that began on MLK Day; it’s difficult to find out how many prisoners are taking part or to talk with the striking prisoners because most feel they need to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. The strike is what the prisoners are calling a… Read more »
Runners up for the fake news awards this week
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week (truthfully, these weren’t in the running for the fake news awards) By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social… Read more »
Vigil for Erica Garner in Tampa Wednesday evening
Black Lives Matter activist Erica Garner died last weekend after an asthma-induced heart attack; she was the daughter of Eric Garner, who died in 2014 when New York Police officers put him in a choke-hold. Jae Passmore is with Black Lives Matter Tampa & with the Hillsborough Community Protection Commission, one of the groups organizing… Read more »
Will Rick Scott pack the Florida Supreme Court?
The future of the Florida Supreme Court lies in the balance as three Justices will be replaced in January of 2019; but incredibly, it’s still up in the air who will appoint the new Justices: outgoing Governor Rick Scott or his successor. On the first half of WMNF’s MidPoint, we talk about that with a… Read more »
Documentary explores a literally cool part of black sporting history
On Saturday in South Florida, Tampa Bay Lightning winger J.T. Brown became the first NHL player to participate in a silent protest during the national anthem. Here’s a WMNF News story from March featuring Brown: A new Canadian documentary looks at the history of black athletes in ice hockey. The film, Soul on Ice: Past,… Read more »
Bank employees call police on young black customer
Some social justice activists in Tampa are concerned about how a young black man was treated when he cashed a check at a local bank and the police were called. El’Quincy Gordon says he arrived at the bank before it opened Friday morning and waited in his car until 9:00 a.m. after a teller arrived…. Read more »
Alex Sink on why she donated to help move Confederate monument
Last week the Hillsborough County Commission surprised many by backtracking on its promise to move a Confederate monument in downtown Tampa unless private donors could raise the needed funds within a month; but it only took a day for citizens and the business community to pledge more than the needed $140,000. On Friday WMNF News… Read more »
