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• Deadly encounters across the country involving black men and police have spurred a diverse group of Central Florida faith leaders to band together and help different communities better understand each other. Darryl Owens talks about the public forum he’s hosting with faith leaders on the topic of race.
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• Central Florida seems ready to shed its reputation for criminalizing homelessness. That’s according to Orlando Sentinel columnist and editorial writer Darryl Owens. He points to three major announcements in the last two weeks that seem to suggest a new approach to dealing with homelessness.
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• Three former Florida A & M University band members were convicted of manslaughter and felony hazing in the November 2011 death of fellow “Marching 100” member Robert Champion. Benjamin McNamee, Aaron Golson, and Darryl Cearnel are the last of the dozen-plus defendants to be sentenced, but Darryl Owens says there’s much more to the story.
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• After more than a year of wrangling, Orange County commissioners cleared the way to build a new relief high school in the Windermere rural settlement. This week, Darryl Owens looks at what it took to reach the construction compromise, and what might happen next.
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• A recent Orlando Sentinel review found problems between the Orange County Clerk of Court’s office and a Florida database designed to stop severely mentally ill people buying guns. This week, Darryl Owens discusses the database, the input that makes it work, and what comes next.
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• Three years ago Thursday 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by then neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Just two days ago, the justice department decided not to prosecute Zimmerman on federal charges for a hate crime.
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• In the upcoming state legislative session, several lawmakers will propose a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry those weapons onto college campuses in Florida. They say it’s in response to numerous campus shootings, including one at the Florida State University library last fall.
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• This week, Darryl Owens examines the state’s ban on personal solicitations for campaign cash by judicial candidates. He says the ban, which is being challenged in the US Supreme Court, helps prevent the perception that justice is ‘for sale’ in Florida courtrooms.
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• Orlando Sentinel columnist Darryl Owens spoke with 90.7’s Matthew Peddie about what movie-goers should take away from the film – and how the movie could rekindle racial harmony in a time of racial tension.
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• Orlando Columnist Darryl Owens talk about protest, change in wake of police shooting an unarmed man in Orange County.
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