FCRA IN THE NEWS
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Group Asks Feds To Investigate OPD
Orlando WESH 2 News | May 26, 2011
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A civil rights association wants to make it legal for motorcyclists to run red lights
West Palm Beach NBC 5 News | March 15, 2011
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Residents protest red light cameras
Orlando Fox 35 News | February 26, 2011
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Groups Backing Senator Rene Garcia To Hold A Statewide Red Light Camera Day Of Protest
The Weekly Challenger | Originally posted 2/24/2011
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Scott must Honor MLK through Action, says Civil Rights Group
West Orlando News | January 17, 2011
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Florida's Civil Rights Association speak on bullying MLK weekend
Central Florida News 13 | January 15, 2011
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Protestors come out against red light cameras
LAKELAND, Fla. -- They're been called a cash cow and unconstitutional. Lakeland Ledger | Read More 10
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Protesters Take Red Light Cameras Battle to the Streets
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A group of motorists across the state spent Saturday protesting red light cameras in four
Florida cities. Read More CFNews 13, News Press
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Family says Deputies fired 133 rounds at Torey Breedlove
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Family members of a suspect shot and killed last month by the Orange County Sheriff's
Office's auto trap unit said it's unreasonable that more than 100 rounds of bullets were fired at the man, and
they're suing. Read more Orlando Wesh 2 News
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Judge Rules Red Light Cameras illegal in one Florida City
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A state circuit judge has put the brakes on red light cameras in one South Florida
city - the same cameras that have been considered in Duval and St. Johns counties. Read More First Coast
News
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GROUP: Justice Department will review complaint about FHP
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Justice will review a complaint alleging a Florida Highway Patrol officer
engaged in racial profiling before he was fired, according to an Orlando group. Last year, The Florida Civil Rights
Association complained to the federal agency about former FHP Trooper Richard Dill, who has pleaded no contest to
stealing money from drivers he has stopped. (Read more Orlando Sentinel)
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TSA Orlando Office Investigated
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Another thing that gives travelers pause in the use of full body scanners in airports was the recent
investigation into a TSA air marshal field office in Orlando. A Jeopardy-style game using derogatory terms for gays,
lesbians and minorities, prompted the investigation. (Read more CFNews 13)
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Martin Luther King Parade Participates March For Haiti
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando’s annual parade honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took on a different meaning for some
participants this year. Many of them were native Haitians, and marched Saturday to help with relief efforts. (Read more
CFNews 13)
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Racial profiling complaint filed against FHP
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man and his lawyer taking on the Florida Highway Patrol after one officer took the fall for stealing
cash. (Read more FOX News 35)
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Group wants police, deputies ticketed for accidents
Orlando Police no-ticket practice unconstitutional
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A local civil rights organization is calling on Orlando police to stop giving special treatment to officers
who cause traffic accidents.
The Florida Civil Rights Association cited an Aug. 4 accident caused by an Orange County deputy not on a call. Five
people were injured. Orlando police opted not to issue the deputy responsible a ticket.
(Read more WESH 2 News)
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Civil Rights Group Investigating OCSO Taser Use
US Justice Department Previously Looked Into OCSO Taser-Related Deaths
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida Civil Rights Association said Thursday that it wants to know more about local deputies and
how often they use Tasers. It has been a year since the U.S. Department of Justice released a 25-page report on the
Orange County Sheriff's Office's use of Tasers.
"The Orange County Sheriff's Office is the first law enforcement agency in our nation who has been targeted for this
federal investigation in regards to Tasers," said J. Willie David III, president of the Florida Civil Rights Association. read
more > WESH 2 News | Orlando Sentinel
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Potential post office closings rankle Orlando patrons
The protesters were few -- just four -- but people coming to use the post office at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail were
shocked and upset Friday morning to learn that the branch may be closed sometime after Sept. 30.
Patrons signed a petition and lamented the possible closing of the Arthur "Pappy" Kennedy branch, which they appreciate
both for its convenient location and the fact that it was named after a prominent former city commissioner beloved by
many in Orlando's black community.
read more > Orlando Sentinel | Fox News 35
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Civil Rights Group Asks If Deputy In Crash Was Distracted
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A civil rights organization says it wants to know if an Orange County deputy who ran a red light and
caused a crash was talking on the phone, texting or using his laptop before the accident. Deputy Scott Stephenson ran a
red light at Gore Street and Orange Blossom Trail Wednesday, causing a four-car crash.
J. Willie David of the Florida Civil Rights Association said the facts in the crash need to be revealed to do justice to the
people in the three other vehicles and Stephenson. read more > WESH 2 News
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DNA Bill Sparks Controversy in Florida
TALLAHASSEE - Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law a bill requiring those arrested for or charged with a
felony to give up a sample of their DNA to authorities.
The bill, known in the Senate as SB 2276, will be executed on a statewide basis. It is expected to expand over a ten year
period.
Florida will join twenty other states that follow this model. With any piece of legislation however, there are critics. “Florida’
s new DNA testing law is a bad law in the eyes of justice.” says J.Willie David, President of the Florida Civil Rights
Association.
David also says that “DNA is not like a fingerprint, since getting it is more invasive and it holds information beyond mere
identification.”
The law was signed into effect by Crist on Jun.16 at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles at
their headquarters. There were also four other bills that were signed by Crist under the moniker of “public safety laws”.
Read more >
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King of Pop Michael Jackson is Dead
FCRA President issued statement
LOS ANGELES (AP) Michael Jackson, the moonwalking former child star who became known the world over as the "King
of Pop" before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of
the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50. Read more >
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Civil Rights Chief: Praised President Bill Clinton's appointment as UN Special Envoy to Haiti
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - Florida Civil Rights Association President, J Willie David, III today praised UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-Moon's appointment of former United States President Bill Clinton as the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti.
Read more at Miami Herald
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Civil Rights Groups wants red light cameras banned
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - The Florida Civil Rights Association and the National Motorists Association want the state to do
away with red-light cameras, which they say violate citizens' constitutional rights. Read more at Orlando Sentinel
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Group calls for Ban of Police Use Laptop While Driving
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - A group is calling for a statewide ban on police use of laptops after investigators say a
Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer was looking at her laptop before getting into a crash. Read more at FOX News 30 | News 4
Jax | CBS News 47
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Civil Rights Chief helps Homeless Woman at President Obama's Town Hall Meeting
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA -On Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 FCRA President Willie David, III and FCRA State Secretary
Marsha Watson travelled to Fort Myers Florida as special invited guests to participate in President Barack Obama 2nd
town hall meeting since taking office. This historic moment would be the President's first trip to Florida to address the
economic crisis in one of the country’s hardest hit home foreclosure cities. {Read More} {Henrietta Hughes' Interviews} |
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Immigrant Advocates calls for end to raids
WASHINGTON, DC - January 22, 2009 - Several hundred immigrant supporters and religious leaders from across the
country marched to the Southwest Washington headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
yesterday, strumming guitars, beating drums and waving colorful homemade banners exhorting President Obama to halt
immigration raids and promote legislation offering illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Read More | Article photo | New
America Media
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School Bus Driver May Sue Over False Arrest
POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA - Jean Chery was arrested by Haines City Police Department and held in jail by the Polk
County Sheriff's Office on a New York City arrest warrant for a white female fugitive with the same name as Jean
Chery. Read more Tampa Bay 10 | The Ledger 1 | News Chief | The Ledger | TBO.com | Tampa Bay | Associated Press
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