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Winter Haven public safety advisory committee will provide police transparency, applicants needed Winter Haven Police Department creates committee to improve transparency and last updated 2021-05-03 17:54:51-04 WINTER HAVEN, Fla. â Itâs your chance to improve police transparency in Polk County. In an ongoing effort to be more transparent and build the relationship between the community and police, the City of Winter Haven is looking for community members to serve on a new Public Safety Community Advisory Committee. The committee will consist of nine people and two alternates, with the power to ask the police department questions about decisions that were made and make suggestions. ....
Local community reacts to guilty verdict in George Floydâs death A group of students from the University of South Florida reacted to a guilty verdict in the death of George Floyd. and last updated 2021-04-20 23:26:10-04 TAMPA, FLA.- â A group of students from the University of South Florida reacted to a guilty verdict in the death of George Floyd. The students gathered along Fowler Avenue near the university. The group planned a protest related to budget cuts and a bill that would make changes to Bright Future scholarships. Before the planned protest, the group watched the verdict on their phones. ....
LAKELAND Polk County civil rights leaders were pleased with Tuesday’s verdicts of guilty on all counts against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin following a three-week trial for the death of George Floyd. “Justice was served,” said Terry Coney, the Lakeland president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “Through our judicial system, it proves that a police officer can be found guilty of an atrocious incident that happened to George Floyd and it wasn’t brushed aside. Floyd, 46, was a Black man killed in May last year during an arrest after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on the neck and back of Floyd, who as handcuffed, for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Floyd begged for relief, saying, I can t breathe, and calling for his mother. ....
Doctors say man accused in Tampa shooting rampage was not of sound mind Competency hearing held for shooting spree suspect A Tampa man, accused of going on a shooting rampage last year that left several injured, including a police officer, may never face a jury. Two court-appointed doctors said Antonio Cruz Ortiz was not of sound mind during the shooting spree. TAMPA, Fla. - Antonio Cruz Ortiz was not of sound mind. due to voluntary intoxication when he went on a shooting rampage in Tampa, according to court-appointed doctors and Ortiz s attorney. His attorney, Danny Fernandez announced the finding during a virtual hearing. ....