And then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the Pulitzer Prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Think of the people who are in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probation or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated from Saint Leo University near tampa. He gave the graduation address. So we went out to the street we were met by the Regime Se
Groveland four. One was killed by a mob of 1000 men. It was led by the local sheriff. The others were tortured in jail and then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the pulitztzr prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn o of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Thihink of the people who o e in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probationon or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated f
Survivor in the van. My biggest thing is i hope they didnt suffer. Because, the car did catch on fire. And there were children in the car. And theres no reason. There is no reason for that to happen. Reporter marinela and her children were inside the mini van when it burst into flames we church. We do question how it happened. You know. Why did it happen . Reporter according to eyewitnesses, the driver who slammed into the mini van was street racing. Investigators tell us 22year old pablo cortez was speeding at the time. But there is no evidence to prove he was racing. He and his passenger were both killed. We also pray for the families of the other people involved because they lost but it was something that could have been prevented. Reporter and tonight, that is the toughest part of all this. These five people died in one moment and so many lives have been affected by it. In addition to the teenage girl fighting for her life, her cousin was also in the car. And she just came out of s
And mr. Riggins was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The investigation was for the sale of illegal drugs. A big story to keep on eye on now is the tropics as the tropical depression nine continues to churn out there. Its still a tropical depression as of the 11 00 update. A memt information from the Hurricane Center still 35 Miles Per Hour winds and a lot of more convection and thunderstorm activity. The Hurricane Hunters flew in and said the organization isnt any better than it was yesterday. Still keeping it at a tropical depression and another Hurricane Hunter is scheduled to go in this afternoon and see if it actually has strengthened to a Tropical Storm. The latest forecast coming in as of 11 00 this morning. Its now pushing to the west hour really starting to make that turn to the north. So sometime today or tomorrow it becomes a Tropical Storm and makes the turn back to the north or east. It has 50 Miles Per Hour winds by the time you head into thursda
Right now were at 79 degrees, maybe even mid 70s or so inland. It will be mild, muggy. Notice the absence of clouds around the area. Thats why i think its going to be a beautiful day. Rain chances even lower than they were yesterday. Yesterday they were 30 . Even though the tampa area did get some shower activity, today were going to drop the rain chance to 20 . Well probably get back to the 90degree mark once again. Vanessa thanks. Good news is on the a lot of our earlier incidents cleared out and we have no new ones popping up. Its quiet. Well get an update on the interstates. Here is polk county, i4 at polk parkway which is the actual eastern exit and entrance at i4. So looks like were running up to speed there. Eastern Hillsborough County, 275, six minutes over the howard frankland, four between selmon jennifer tear gas, riot shields. For the second night in a row, protests filled charlotte after the Police Shooting death of keith scott. A peaceful prayer vigil turned into an angry