Category: Protests
The Monumental Question
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The question is recurring. The answer is always the same: not yet. This question was asked again—shouted from the crowd —…
Presser Notes: Mayor doesn’t want ‘Any more foolishness’
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly After a wild weekend that saw Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson commit to a group of protesters blocking the roadway at the…
Saturday Protests:Rain, Racism and Roadway Negotiations
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly It was aggressive negotiations to be sure – linking arms and blocking traffic at the foot of the Pensacola Bay bridge…
Powerful video from local ministers: ‘The time is now’
A Reflection on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail Clergy from seven historic downtown religious communities in Pensacola, FL reflect on Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter…
Statement from George W. Bush on death of George Floyd
Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we…
Catholic bishop issues statement on death of George Floyd
Statement from Bishop William A. Wack, CSC on the Death of George Floyd and Protests PENSACOLA, FL (June 2, 2020)— The death of George Floyd…
Gaetz suggests government go hunting
Cousin Bobo predicted this days ago. Last week, President Donald Trump protested Twitter putting a fact-checking label his tweet about mail-in ballots and later limited…
State attorney reopens investigation into Feb. fight
Charles Wyscaver, a 60-year old white male from Pensacola, Florida who was seen on camera punching a 14-year old mentally disabled black girl in her…
Dream Defenders decry Task Force, repeat demands
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Members of the community organization Dream Defenders publicly staked out its position on the city of Pensacola’s response thus far to…
Inweekly asks for legal opinion on Mike Hill blocking his Twitter account
Inweekly publisher Rick Outzen and several News Journal reporters have been blocked from State Rep. Mike Hill’s official Twitter account. This morning we sent a…
LGBTQ Solidarity and Response event tonight
On Monday, June 4 at 6 p.m. in MLK Plaza, there will be an event in solidarity with the LGBTQ community and response to Rep….
Mike Hill: ‘Do not let him fester’
Peter Schorsch, publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including Florida Politics and Sunburn, wrote a scathing viewpoint calling for GOP leaders…
‘Milkshaking’ of Gaetz at town hall (video)
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), knew to expect the protesters as he walked out of his town hall event in Pensacola…
Mayor finally speaks out against attack on LGBTQ community
It took three tries and criticism from Inweekly and the Pensacola News Journal, but Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson did condemn the statements made at recent…
Pensacola mayor speaks out against hate speech, sorta
Eight days after a group meeting in Pensacola City Hall that joked about passing legislation that would make homosexuality a crime punishable by death, Mayor…
Clock starts on petition drive to stop funding for Aviation campus
Citizens Against Corporate Welfare today filed the paperwork with the City of Pensacola to form a petitioners’ committee that will ask the Pensacola City Council…
Youtube: Selma to Montgomery
At yesterday’s Escambia Democratic Womens Club event, this Youtube video of “Bloody Sunday” was shown. It is a vignette from the documentary “Eyes on the…
Florida has most disenfranchised voters
The Sentencing Project has released its report “Felony Disenfranchisement Facts and Statistics in relation to 2014 Midterm Elections.” An estimated 5.85 million Americans will be…
‘Awake the State’ rally today across Florida, including Pensacola
Today communities across Florida will rally in support of issues important to working families an to remind Florida’s elected leaders in Tallashasee that they are…
News story #2: Failure to Serve
At September Escambia County Commission meeting, a half-dozen disabled citizens and bus drivers appeared before the commissioners to speak against the extension of the ADA…
