A Black Lives Matter activist in Pasco was arraigned Friday on charges he battered a New Port Richey police officer in July and obstructed the officer without violence. Marlowe Jones will plead not guilty to the charges and maintains he, and other activists, are being targeted by New Port Richey police. Listen: Despite facing a… Read more »
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Faith groups ask for affordable housing and criminal justice reform
A coalition of faith-based groups will gather on Monday to ask Hillsborough County leaders to solve problems of affordable housing and criminal justice in the county. The Hillsborough Organization for Progress & Equality, or HOPE, is hosting what it calls its ‘Nehemiah Action.’ About 1400 participants are expected. To find out more, WMNF spoke with… Read more »
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Chris Wilson’s Unforgettable Story on Life Elsewhere
Chris Wilson – The Master Plan – My Journey From Life In Prison To A Life Of Purpose Chris Wilson grew up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, he was so afraid for his life, he wouldn’t leave the house without a gun. One night, defending himself, he killed a man. At eighteen, he was… Read more »
Publisher: Florida Department of Corrections bans books based on ideology
A recent investigation by the Florida Phoenix found that the Florida Department of Corrections has banned a number of books from being received by inmates — and there appears to be an ideological difference when it comes to which books get through and which are stopped. WMNF News spoke with Paul Wright – he’s executive… Read more »
Nationwide prisoner strike includes Florida
The national prison strike has reached Florida; according to the Gainesville Chapter of Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee prisoners at five Florida facilities are striking: Dade, Charlotte, Holmes, Franklin and Apalachee. Friday in Sarasota there is a rally in support of an ongoing national strike by prisoners and inmate workers; it starts at 4:00 p.m. and… Read more »
Former inmate describes prisoner abuse inside Lowell in Florida
“One of the things that I did not like about the sexual abuse that is known to happen inside of prisons is that when you have individuals inside that space and then they’re completely cut off from community, cut off from family. “
Chris King says his ‘bold and progressive’ plan as governor now includes abolishing the death penalty and legalizing recreational marijuana
Labeling it as “incredibly bold,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King unveiled a criminal justice reform package on Tuesday that included a call to end the death penalty and full support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Florida. “These issues are big and bold and progressive and they’re going to be hard to acccomplish, and… Read more »
ESPN’s Jemele Hill’s message to some news consumers: ‘Your emotions are not facts’
ESPN’s Jemele Hill says the news business has changed dramatically since she first got into the industry in the late 1990’s, with the most significant difference being that instead of getting the news to inform themselves, many people are now doing it simply to confirm a lot of their own truths, a change that she… Read more »
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Bob Gualtieri takes the heat in sometimes contentious immigration debate
In January, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri held a news conference in Largo, where it was announced that Pinellas and 16 other law enforcement agencies in Florida would now have “housing agreements’ with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that would allow federal agents more time to pick up arrested undocumented immigrants from local jails. The… Read more »
Tampa ‘Town Hall For Our Lives’ strictly a Democratic affair
The “Town Hall For Our Lives” organized by the March For Our Lives group along with Town Hall Project took place on Saturday. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor was in attendance at the Metropolitan Community Church, along with other elected Democrats such as state Senator Darryl Rouson and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren. Democratic candidates Deborah Bellanti… Read more »
Noor Salman was found not guilty; hear from her attorney
Noor Salman is the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter and on Friday she was found not guilty of helping in the attack; on WMNF’s MidPoint we had an extended conversation with one of her defense attorneys, Linda Moreno. In 2016 Omar Mateen shot up the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 people. Then months… Read more »
Activists say Noor Salman is innocent in Pulse shooting
The wife of the man who killed 49 people in 2016 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando goes on trial next week. Noor Salman is charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization and obstruction of justice. But her supporters deny that, saying she was abused by her husband and not mentally fit to… 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 »
Supporters of Leonard Peltier will rally Tuesday in Tampa
Here’s an update the situation of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who has been in jail for decades — he’s now in the U.S. Penitentiary, Coleman, north of Tampa; two events are planned for Peltier supporters this week in the Tampa Bay area. There’s a rally on Tuesday in Tampa and a meet & greet… Read more »
