Jacob OglesNovember 21, 2019
9min1173
Gloria Walker dismissed charges against a teen with plans for a school shooting.
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Jacob OglesNovember 21, 2019
Melissa RossOctober 21, 20153min318
An emailed report from the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) claims widespread abuse of detained immigrants at the Baker County Detention Center. The report, “Lives in Peril: How Ineffective Inspections Make ICE Complicit in Immigration Detention Abuse” was released by the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) and Detention Watch Network (DWN). The report draws on information […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2015
8min1398
A petition directed to the Baker County Board of Commissioners, from local lawyer John M. Phillips and other in his Florida Justice organization, on Change.org says it plainly: Remove the painting in the Baker County Courthouse depicting the Ku Klux Klan and other divisive imagery. “There is a mural in the Baker County Courthouse which depicts horse-backed, hooded […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 4, 20154min191
On New Year’s Eve, the Times Union reported that, in response to the imminent legalization of gay marriage in the state of Florida, courthouse weddings are a thing of the past in Duval, Clay and Baker Counties in Northeast Florida. The Tia Mitchell piece contained a treasure trove of horrifying details, such as this tidbit […]