FCRA Will Defend A Taxi Driver Arrested at
Peaceful Protest against City of Orlando
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WFTV Eyewitness News 9
The Florida Civil Rights Association believes a taxi driver's first
amendment rights were violated when he was ticketed during a protest.
Channel Nine has been following the protests against Orlando's taxi
ordinance since the first one in April. Read more
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100 Taxi Drivers Strike against City of Orlando,
Orlando Airport and Mears Transportation
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Orlando Sentinel
The strike comes amid an investigation by the National Labor Relations
Board into the labor practices of Mears and its subsidiaries, Yellow Cab,
City Cab and Checker Cab companies. The cabdrivers claim that
during a March 10 protest, Mears officials noted the license-plate
numbers of participating Mears drivers, and later suspended or
terminated their cab leases, said J. Willie David III, president of the
Florida Civil Rights Association. Read More
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City Of Orlando Admit 10 Year Old Social
Service Ban May Have Violated Federal Law
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Florida Civil Rights Association and the National
Motorists Association filed a public records
request on Apopka Police Department for Red
Light Camera Records
Orlando Weekly - Happy Town
Ah, but not everyone is delighted with the prospect of red-light cams, so
it wasn’t shocking when the Florida Civil Rights Association and the
National Motorists Association last week filed a litany of public records
requests (with both the city of Apopka and camera vendor American
Traffic Solutions) for documents they say may highlight the advantages
and disadvantages of the digital eye of justice.
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Video Prompts Calls for Penalties Deputy dumps
quadriplegic man from wheelchair Tampa Jail
Tampa Tribune
Slap in the Face
Florida Civil Rights Association calls on the US Department of
Justice to Investigate Hillsborough County detention deputies
for excessive use of force and failure to act.
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Racism In Volusia County
Florida Attorney General Opens Civil Rights Investigation
Daytona Beach News - Journal
An Orange City Apartment complex that reportedly refused to rent to a
black woman has been ordered to turn over its records by the state
attorney general's office. The investigation started after the Florida Civil
Rights Association ask the attorney general to look into a complaint by
Orange City resident Lewarna Williams against Fountainview
Apartments at 910 S. U.S. 17-92, association president, J Willie David,
III said, Wednesday.
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HUD eyes complaints on Hawthorne Village
Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
is investigating the complaint from residents of Hawthorne Village
apartments, who said they lived in deplorable conditions and were
forced to move in 2006. The Florida Civil Rights Association initially
filed the housing complaint in September with the U.S. Department of
Justice, said association President J Willie David, III.
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