Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Guest AuthorAugust 19, 2014

Ferguson is Florida redux. In Miami, in 1980, after four white police officers were acquitted by an all-male, all-white jury of killing Arthur McDuffie, an African-American, some of the worst race riots in America occurred. The violence that erupted went beyond the perceived injustice of the verdict and the particulars of the incident. (At trial, […]

Julie DelegalAugust 18, 2014

The police-shooting death of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, continues to bring citizens out of their homes and onto the streets. On August 9, 28-year-old Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black. The shooting itself was tragic enough. Police actions after the shooting, though, have made Ferguson […]

Guest AuthorAugust 14, 2014

The story in Ferguson, Missouri, is all too familiar, even callously so. A young, unarmed black man is shot by a white police officer. A frustrated community erupts in anger. While the details involving the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown are still being investigated, one fact is troubling and clear: Another casual encounter between […]

Tag: Ferguson
This exhibit celebrates late-blooming artistry, proving it’s never too late for bold creativity.

Stephen Goldstein: Will Florida be another Ferguson?

Julie Delegal: Ferguson, Missouri: Police didn’t trust the system

Andrew J. Skerritt: Ferguson seems a case study of race and power gone wrong