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For Tom Scott, ‘driving while black’ is more than a slogan

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Negative relations between law enforcement and the black community have been a huge story over the past year, and incidents of police abuse captured on video have led to a call for reforms, such as the use of body cameras for police officers. That background — as well as a published report thatĀ blacks in Tampa had received nearly 80 percent of all bicycle citations over the past dozen years — has spurred the call for a civilian review board for…

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Tampa citizens gather to present their version of a police civilian review board

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Early next month, Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward will present to the Tampa City Council the results of his research about a model for a civilian review board to oversee Tampa Police operations. City Attorney Julia Mandell will also brief the council about her own research into the city’s charter to determine whoĀ has the authority — the mayor or the council — to create such a board. Tampa is actually in the minority of big cities in the United StatesĀ in…

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Tampa City Council moves forward on creating civilian police review board

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The Tampa City Council today moved ahead toward the creation of aĀ citizens police review board, but what that agency will ultimately look like and who will appoint its members has yet to be determined. The Council approved a motion brought forward by Councilman Mike Suarez that will have the city’s legal department reviewĀ whether the Council can create such an advisory committee, and if so, canĀ it be a hybrid review committee, withĀ the powers to do so under the City Charter. “An…

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Mitch Perry Report 8.6.15 — Anyone still standing with Rand?

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Something to watch for in both debates in Cleveland tonight: How often the 17 GOP presidential candidates actually disagree with each other. Even though they’ll be debating each other, more often than not they’ll not be ganging up on any of their opponents, but two Democrats not in the room — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On many, many issues, all of these candidates are singing from the same chorus. Yes, there’s some slight differences on education, trade and immigration,…

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Tampa citizens to call for civilian review board to monitor police

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Two years ago, officials at California State University-Fullerton produced a comprehensive report onĀ policeĀ civilian oversight boards. Among their findings was that obstacles to creating a successful agency included politicians who have a ā€œlaw and orderā€ agenda not conducive to oversight — and, even if such an agency was created, the powerĀ that lawmakers have toĀ limit their oversight powers through legislation or budgets. That’s just part of the institutional barriers that Tampa citizens who will be calling for such a board may face…

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The black community in the Bob Buckhorn era discussed at Tampa town hall

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Friday night in Cincinnati, police arrested six people at a rally held to honor Sam DuBose, a black man killed by an ex-University of Cincinnati Police Officer last month. The incident wasĀ the latest involving a black person dying it the hands of law enforcement captured on video and broadcast throughout the country. While there have been no such incidents in Tampa, it would be a mistake to believe that there aren’t significant tensions between members of the black community and…

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Bob Buckhorn takes his act to Tally

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Bob Buckhorn travels to Tallahassee tomorrow in what is being seen as his first overt move to broaden his statewide appeal in advance of 2018, when heā€™ll likely take a run at the Democratic nomination for governor. The Tampa mayor will address the Tallahassee Tiger Bay Club on Friday, as well as tape an appearance on the local public affairs program,Ā The Usual Suspects. The visit comesĀ just a few months after Buckhorn breezed through a re-election “campaign,”Ā complete with receiving a walloping…

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