by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
History offers a great lesson plan to deal with race and racism in Florida. If only our public schools had the appropriate tools to teach it. There’s clearly a need to help students offset racial divisiveness, whether it’s from the President’s Twitter assault against...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
2018 is almost here, and if Democrats running for Florida’s top political posts hope to have impact – much less win – they had better shed the staid campaigns of elections past and replace them with compelling themes and relevant policies that resonate with the...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
If Black Lives Matter then the conversation regarding Police Body Cameras must move beyond debate. Staten Island, Ferguson, Cleveland, Charleston, Tulsa, Baltimore, and now Cleveland again, have become marred by news of police officers claiming the lives of unarmed...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
The Florida “Stand Your Ground Law,” provides immunity from arrest unless police have probable cause to believe self-defense does not apply. In this provision, police are asked to act as law enforcement, judge and jury. This law takes away the checks and...
by dglqp | Aug 18, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
George Zimmerman is now in custody and has been charged with second degree murder, yet our fight for justice is far from over. The Florida Legislature should call a special session immediately to address and fix the state’s Stand Your Ground law before the law...
