A local civil rights leader told Inweekly in a phone interview Sunday morning that the black community is outraged over Pensacola City Hall placing Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief…
Tag: Racism
Public employees fired over Facebook comments
The Sun-Sentinel reports today that two Broward County assistant public defenders were fired yesterday for Facebook comments calling Palestinians “cockroaches” and “filthy swine.” The newspaper had published last week an article on…
Timely IN cover story
With all the debate over Don Imus, this week’s IN cover story on the documentary “Lillie and Leander” is very poignant. Please take the time to read it:Â Lillie & Leander: A…
Pickets at IN
We had four people picket our office briefly yesterday afternoon and Tuesday over a viewpoint by William Calhoun published in the paper on Feb. 8. The flyers accused the paper and me…
Racists takeover PNJ website
Today the daily newspaper ran a positive article on the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce naming Pat Brown as its Business Person of the Year. The comments on pnj.com posted…