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The Grio is reporting that a young black activist named Traymon Williams is considering suing Sanford, Florida police after being forced from his car and handcuffed at gunpoint. 27-year-old Williams, his girlfriend Deshonda Robinson, and her younger brother Kelvin Robinson Jr. were driving together on June 26 when they were followed by five police cars […]

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The city of Sanford, Florida will forever go down in history as the place where Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. But the city is also haunted by racist memories of the past, dating back to the early days of Baseball Hall of Famer, Jackie Robinson. After Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was sent […]

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The Florida city at the center of the Trayvon Martin case appointed a new interim police chief Tuesday while the current one remains on paid leave after city commissioners rejected his offer to resign last week. Richard Myers was named interim police chief of the Sanford, Fla., department. He is a former police chief of […]

The city of Sanford, Florida is in the headlines as the place where Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. But the city is also haunted by racist memories of the past, dating back to the early days of baseball Hall of Famer, Jackie Robinson. After Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was sent to train […]