This week on the Florida Roundup Tom Hudson is joined by a panel of journalists to discuss race relations and hate, immigration and law enforcement, plus the expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida as the state battles an opioid epidemic.
Guests: Manny Garcia, East Region executive editor for the USA TODAY Network; Nancy Ancrum, editorial page editor for The Miami Herald; Rick Christie, editorial page editor for The Palm Beach Post
Richard Spencer, one of the leaders of last weekend’s violent white supremacy rally in Virginia has been denied a permit to speak at the University of Florida next month. The school rejected the request over safety concerns. Florida is home to the second highest number of hate groups in the nation with lots of public reminders of the Confederacy.
Extra Reading
- WLRN - UF Denies White Nationalist Leader Richard Spencer's Request To Speak On Campus Over Safety Concerns
- Miami Herald - Miami Republicans, including Rubio, have had it with Trump on Charlottesville
- WLRN - Florida Ranks 2nd Among States With Highest Hate Group Numbers
Meantime, on Wednesday, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to the Port of Miami to celebrate Miami-Dade's compliance with federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants who’ve been arrested.
Extra Reading
- WLRN - Attorney General Sessions Lauds Miami, Lambastes Chicago On Immigration
- Miami Herald - Jeff Sessions coming to Miami to praise county for dropping ‘sanctuary’ policy
- Miami Herald - Trump administration wants to praise the county mayor in Miami. He just slammed Trump
- Propublica/NPR - They Got Hurt at Work. Then They Got Deported.
- Miami Herald - Florida teachers called their Middle Eastern students ‘terrorists’ and it cost them
Plus, while Florida is at the center of the fight over opioid abuse, medical marijuana continues expanding.
Extra Reading
- SunSentinel - Medical marijuana dispensaries taking root in South Florida
- Palm Beach Post: Lake Worth to be home to Palm Beach County’s 1st pot dispensaries
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