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In 2016 campaign, both parties want reform in justice system

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On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a generation ago. The 2016 presidential race has accelerated an evolution away from the traditional tough-on-crime candidate. A Republican Party that’s long taken a law-and-order stance finds itself desperate to improve its standing among minority voters, and Democratic candidates are also being drawn into national conversations on policing, drug crimes and prison costs. With…

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In Sarasota, Donald Trump blasts at Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and especially the NY Times

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump helicoptered into Sarasota on Saturday afternoon for his first campaign appearance since Thanksgiving, and protesters were ready for him. Two times within the first 15 minutes of his speech to an overflow crowd at Robarts arena, protesters were led out by security, causing a delay as Trump waited for the demonstrators to leave the arena. However, unlike theĀ reportĀ that surfaced last week that a Black Lives Matter protestor was assaulted by members of the crowd as…

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As many African-Americans see it, there are 2 Ben Carsons

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Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson‘s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him. To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes him a genuine celebrity worth emulating in the African-American community. But she’s also a Pompano Beach Democrat watching Carson rise in the Republican presidential polls.…

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Julie Delegal: Being black matters, researcher says

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Some whitesā€™ approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is ā€œawardedā€ national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesnā€™t mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our country, like our criminal justice system, are race-neutral. It means that we canā€™t turn a blind eye to disparate treatment for African-Americans, especially when that…

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Alan Grayson says he may call for federal investigation on incident at Florida State Fair

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On February 7, 2014, 14-year-old Andrew Joseph III was killed as he tried to cross Interstate 4 in Tampa just west of U.S. Highway 301 ā€“ after being kicked out of the Florida State Fair for alleged disorderly conduct. The teen was one of more than 100 young people ejected that night after deputies said a stampede of teenagers had rushed through the Midway. His father, Andrew Joseph II, has spoken out about the incident over the past year and…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.15 — Bernie Sanders does Liberty University

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No, Hillary Clinton is not losing the race for the Democratic Primary, not if you take theĀ Real Clear Politics averageĀ of the national spread between her and Bernie Sanders. She’s up overall by 21 percentage points. But in the first in the nation voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire? It’s a completely different story. A CBS/YouTube poll taken over the weekend has him up by 10 points over Clinton inĀ Iowa, and a stunning 22 percent in N.H. In one of…

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Black Lives Matter activist says she’s putting Tampa Democrats on notice

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As the more than 300 Hillsborough County Democrats drove into the parking lot of the Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club toĀ celebrate themselves and their prospects for 2016 at their annual Kennedy-King fundraising dinner, they were confronted by a handful of Black Lives Matter protesters who stood in front of the entrance off of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. “We elect these people. They’re out here at a country club hobnobbing, having a good time, toasting their cocktails, but they’re not…

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