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Police
The Scoop: Mon., October 30, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Ybor shootings Tampa Police arrested Tyrell Stephen Phillips and charged him with second-degree murder for his role in the fatal Ybor City shootings. Tampa Police say two people died: a fourteen-year-old and a twenty-year-old. Sixteen other...
Local group frustrated as Citizen’s Review Board refuses to investigate case of police violence
A local group says that the Tampa Citizen’s Review Board is not doing enough to pursue justice for victims of police violence. Last night the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee failed to persuade the Citizen’s...
Both sides speak out after viral arrest of Jacksonville man
On Friday, a black man was brutally beaten by officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. WMNF's Chris Young reports.
Criminal Justice and Human Trafficking
The community will have two opportunities to have a public discussion on two very important subjects affecting humanity. First, Michelle Walker, Executive Director of Miracles Outreach, talks about a panel discussion planned for October 12...
Preserving History and Community
The Jackson House gets a historical marker and $1 million dollars for renovation. The boarding house which housed Black travelers to Tampa, FL during segregation has been neglected to a dangerous point. Over the past...
The Scoop: Wed., September 13, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Polk County man killed Polk County deputies shot and killed a man last night on Westside Ridge Blvd in the city of Auburndale. After 55-year-old Angelo Theodore Curcione threatened officers and deputies with a knife,...
The Scoop: Wed., August 23, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Suspect shot and killed Tampa Police officers and a Polk County sheriff deputy killed a man after coming under fire yesterday while working as U.S. Marshals serving a warrant in Riverview. The 39-year-old was the...
Activists speak out against $16 million increase in St. Pete’s proposed police budget
Activists have come out against a 16 million dollar increase in the City of St. Petersburg budget for police and public safety while other community needs have not been prioritized. Over a dozen affordable housing...
St. Pete police prepare for Pride parade
Listen: St. Petersburg is prepping for its annual Pride parade during a time some may call hostile to the LGBTQ community. The city’s police department addressed safety concerns at a press conference Tuesday. St....
Anti-LGBT politics raging across the state of Florida, the nation and the world how are threatened communities to navigate vague laws? People are defying the law as courts weigh in while others are leaving what...
Blink on Gun Violence, USF Protest Arrest
Protestors at the University of South Florida were arrested protesting the attacks on diversity and other attacks on education. The right-wing attempt to roll back the clock on progress in many areas of society is...
Indigenous activists stand with “Columbus 2” at pre-trial hearing
Two indigenous activists are in court Wednesday at the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida following their arrests in October last year for throwing fake blood on a statue of Christopher Columbus. Mauricio Vasquez held...
