Category: Civil Rights
Teacher who catfished students in GA, MD, and MS for sexually explicit images sentenced to 33 years in prison
Michael Dendy has been teaching since 2016 and posing as either a teen boy or girl online to get his students to send him sexually explicit pics
Twelve Salisbury University students in Maryland charged in hate crime assault of gay man
One of the students posed as a 16-year-old on Grindr and lured the man to an off-campus apartment where the group allegedly held him captive and severely beat him
FL prisoners file federal lawsuit accusing state of “deliberate indifference” due to sweltering heat in prison cells
In the 2020s, the South Florida heat index exceeded 100°F for hundreds of hours per year—triple the number from decades ago. In 2024, the heat index in Miami Dade exceeded 103℉ for a full 154 hours.
Voting resources now available for those adversely affected by recent hurricanes
New government webpage provides central hub to help people in affected areas to vote
Florida’s chief state health agency sued over ‘misinforming the public’ regarding Amendment 4
Lawsuit alleges that the Florida State’s Agency for Health Care Administration’s website, television, and radio advertisements contains inflammatory, false, and misleading statements that misrepresent Amendment 4, attempts to deny the experiences of those harmed by Florida’s extreme abortion ban, and seeks to influence the outcome of the Nov. 5 election
Life-long Republicans who endorsed Kamala Harris for president at the 2024 DNC
A common theme to their iconic speeches was “country above party” and “No” to Donald Trump. See full videos of their speeches here
Maryland sues Eastern Shore landlord for sexually charged gender-based civil rights discrimination practices
The landlord, Eric Sessoms of Mt. Vernon Group, LLC, subjected female tenants and prospective tenants to episodes of unwelcome and severe or pervasive sexual harassment
NFL legend Terrell Davis “shocked, humiliated, angry” after being handcuffed, removed from United Airlines flight
A flight attendant made inaccurate and damaging accusations against the Broncos’ legend
Baseball’s Negro Leagues’ stats now officially incorporated into Major League Baseball’s record books
Catcher Josh Gibson from the Homestead Grays is one of the new big names in the MLB record books
Florida deputies burst into wrong apartment, shoot and kill 23-year-old Air Force Senior Airman (Video)
The airman was on a FaceTime call with his girlfriend when the tragic and fatal officer involved shooting occurred. Officials release body cam video
