Category: Pensacola
City staff recommends Confederate monument’s removal
“The Square and Monument are not equitable representations of all our citizens.†– Keith Wilkins Pensacola City Administrator Keith Wilkins has sent a recommendation to…
Local hospitals report 122 COVID patients
The city of Pensacola has released that the hospitals in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have reported six more COVID patients – total 122 Ascension…
Car rams another group of protestors, kills one
USA TODAY reports that Dawit Kelete was arrested on two counts of vehicular assault after his white Jaguar struck two women during a Seattle protest…
Pensacola divided over Confederate monument
Divisions by race, age, party and neighborhood The city of Pensacola voters are divided on whether to remove the Confederate monument in Lee Square. If…
Attorney responds to arrest of protestor
Pensacola, Florida – July 2, 2020 – Attorney Chris Klotz issued the following statement on behalf of Jason Uphaus, the protestor arrested after falling onto a…
Breaking news: PPD arrests protestor
Inweekly has learned that the Pensacola Police Department has arrested Jason Uphaus for a misdemeanor. Uphaus was under investigation for hopping on a vehicle that…
Exclusive interview on anniversary of the shooting of Tymar Crawford
The July 2 issue of Inweekly: Other articles on Tymar Crawford: Justice for Tymar Community Reacts to Grand Jury Report
Presser Notes: Masks, Please
“If we can work together, we can really beat back this COVID thing.†– Mayor Robinson by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is…
Poll: Voters like new monuments
In a recent poll by The Political Matrix of 848 Escambia County residents, we found that 55.7% would like a monument commission implemented to look…
Peek at Inweekly June 25 issue
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Poll: City voters split on monument removal, County voters want it to stay
According to a recent poll conducted by The Political Matrix, city of Pensacola voters are divided on whether the Confederate monument in the city’s Lee…
Presser Notes: Masks, Citizens Committee, and the Monument
The Pensacola City Council will discuss next month the fate of the Confederate monument on South Palafox in Lee Square (which the mayor has suggested…
Members of Police Oversight Committee named
Following the July 5 police shooting of Tymar Crawford, a black man who was pulled over by local police officers, community organization Pensacola Dream Defenders…
Driving cars into protestors on the rise
On Saturday, June 6, Jason Uphaus, who was attending a Black Lives Matter protest at Graffiti Bridge, made news when he was carried on the…
Mike Hill defends Confederate monument, of course
GOP State Rep. Mike Hill has put up a video on Facebook defending the Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola: “I’m Conservative Republican Representative Mike Hill….
Cedric Alexander on oversight, bias and systematic racism (Part 1)
In this week’s Inweekly, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop…
Civil rights group has recommendations for Civilian Oversight Committee
From the Central Gulf Coast People’s Council: As organizers committed to seeing justice for Tymar Crawford and for all victims of police violence, we are…
Presser Notes: the Citizen Committee, a Confederate Monument and COVID-19
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Weeks into its phased reopening, Florida’s experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Nearly a year after the police shooting of Tymar…
Robinson wants police panel appointed by June 19
Note: The original post had the deadline as June 12. Mayor Grover Robinson called and said the actual deadline for nominations is June 19. By…
Petition drive to replace Confederate monument with Roy Jones, Jr.
Pensacola attorney Chris Crawford has started a petition drive to replace the Confederate monument in city’s Lee Florida Square with a statue honoring world champion…
