Florida is fucked thread

Come On Garath,. .....Don't tell those big city boys Florida's secrets....let them stay oblivious in those concrete jungles. ...

 

Florida's secrets? Hah!

 

Oh yeah. I'm an I-4/I-75/I-95 to Ft. Pierce kind of guy. Don't mess around in the state in the Panhandle, north of St. Pete or on the Atlantic side north of Treasure Coast. But Orlando/Tampa/SoFla is where it's at.

As for the Cubans, their dominance is rapidly diminishing, and that's a good thing (particularly in the political sphere). Enter the Argentinians, Brazilians, Colombians, Haitians, Jamaicans, other West Indians and Venezuelans.

Jaisee, you aren't lying there, man. I've lived in MO/IL/IN prior to moving to FL and I found it so much better here. It feels more like the Deep South there than at the southern end of the peninsula. If I had a dollar for every time I was stopped for no reason, called "boy" or asked what I was doing around 'here', I would have a down payment on a condo in Aventura. That's why I kept my FL plates and voter registration for the two years I had to return to MO. It bought me a bit of 'tourist insurance'.

 

On July 26, 2013 two Escambia Co. Sheriff Officers savagely beat and brutally assaulted an unarmed Devon Walker, as his wife Tiffany Walker watched in horror. Nine days later - Facebook Family & Friends we are asking you to stand by us, to seek JUSTICE, to seek CHANGE, to seek EQUALITY. No, this is not Trayvon Martin. This is Devon Walkers' story.
JUSTICE FOR DEVON WALKER. ROY MIDDLETON. JUSTICE FOR PENSACOLA !

 

Damn, this is seriously effed up. I hadn't heard about this one.

 

Fuck Florida(my motto since the so called miscounted votes)Yeah really!!

 

I guess if I had not already spent a significant amount of time in Pensacola, I would be inclined to stay away from the panhandle too. At that time I had friends that would sometimes venture into Alabama to go to some popular club there, crossing that state line never seemed like a good idea to me.

 

Absolutely disgusting. I can't find this story online anywhere...just the FB post. Prayers definitely go out to him for a speedy and FULL recovery. I wish I could feel confident that the cops behind this brutality would be held responsible, but we all know how that turns out more often than not. :smt009

 

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(CNN) -- The windmilling fists and stomping feet rain down blows on the 13-year-old boy.

Trapped on the floor between the bus seats, he cries out as he receives fierce punch after vicious kick from the three bigger, older youths.

As the relentless assault unfolds, the driver of the Florida school bus alerts the dispatcher, pleading for aid.

But he doesn't physically step in to help.

The bus driver, at least according to his school's policy, did nothing wrong.
Bus beating: 'Where are the parents?'
Could driver have stopped bus beating?

'Get somebody here quick'

The attack took place July 9 in Pinellas County, Florida. But the horrific cell phone video -- and the surveillance video -- came out only recently.

As the boy is pummeled, the bus driver John Moody yells at the assailants to leave the boy alone.

He also asks dispatchers to send help.

"You gotta get somebody here quick, quick, quick, quick," he says. "They're about to beat this boy to death over here."

"Please get somebody here quick. There's still doing it," he adds. "There's nothing I can do."

Moody, 64, says he was too afraid to step in.

"The three boys just jumped on him and started pounding on him. And I did all can," he told CNN affiliate WFLA. "I was looking. It was like I was in shock. I was petrified."

Could your child be a bully?

Not required to intervene

The ferocity of the attack left the 13-year-old with two black eyes and a broken arm.

"There was clearly an opportunity for him to intervene and or check on the welfare of the children or the child in this case and he didn't make any effort to do so," Chief Robert Vincent of Gulfport Police Department told the affiliate.

According to Pinellas County school policy, the bus driver isn't required to intervene, only to call dispatch.

He can step in, if he feels it's safe.

Other counties actually forbid drivers from physically stopping fights.

In 2012: New York teen says bullies beat and blinded him

No basis for charges

Prosecutors say they have no grounds on which to charge him.

"It wasn't like he was looking out the window cleaning his fingernails or something like that," said Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett, according to CNN affiliate WFLA.

Police said Moody could have given first aid to the victim after the attackers jumped off the bus.

But Bartlett said the 13-year-old didn't hang around.

"The kid gets up and skedaddles out the door," he said.

Outrageous moments caught on camera

'I wanted to help him'

The three 15-year-old boys have been arrested on aggravated assault charges.

Police say the youths attacked the 13-year-old after he told officials at their dropout prevention school that one of them had tried to sell him drugs.

Moody, who retired two weeks after the attack, says he's still haunted by it and has had sleepless nights.

"I wanted to help him so bad," he said. "I wanted to help him."

 

Anyone who tells you George Zimmerman received a life threatening beating from Trayvon Martin, show them this.
Usually people who get a serious beatdown end up with more than a minor broken nose and minimal bleeding.
Zimmerman had no bruising or swell anywhere on his FACE, yet supposedly TM was on top of him beating the shit out of GZ.

What bugs me about the OP story is no one mentions the NEIGHBORS apparently who called the cops and reported there was a strange man breaking into this mother's car.

Those deputies tried to kill that man and if not for most of them being terrible shots, that's exactly what they would have done. They tried to execute that guy.smdh

 

I can't even watch the video because it'll get me even more infuriated than I already am. The bus driver couldn't step in to help this kid, who according to him was "getting beat to death"? Fuck that! I DON'T GET THAT MENTALITY! I don't care if you're scared, get off your ass and help that child! Thank God his only physical injuries were 2 black eyes and broken arm...I'm sure it could've been much worse. That bus driver feels bad now?? What would've happened if that boy was murdered? How would the driver feel then, knowing he sat back out of fear and watched a boy get beat to death? People really need to put themselves in their neighbors shoes more often and treat others how they'd want to be treated (or how they'd want THEIR child treated/protected when in direct danger). This shit is getting ridiculous.

 

When I was growing up if there was a fight on the bus, the driver PULLED OVER and sometimes kicked kids OFF THE BUS. I understand being fearful if some of those kids are bigger than you, but come on.

Use that momma-voice and put those kids in check.

 

Has anyone dropped a text to the police? It is better than just doing nothing.

 

The driver did the right thing. He's 64 years old, what could he really do to 3 15 year olds with nothing to lose? On top of getting his ass whooped or murdered at his old age, he would of lost his job and probably thrown in jail for assault on a minor.

Y'all are letting your emotions take over. If this was a elderly woman bus driver, everyone would be in agreeance that their could be nothing to be done other than calling the police.

 

"That others may live"

^^ That's just a cop out for real. The bus driver is 64 not 84 - I would have physically intervened after those boys repeatedly ignored my verbal protests - pull them out the way and shield that wounded child . . . blanket him with my body if necessary. There's simply no way help is going to arrive in time to save that child from been beaten into unconsciousness - no way!!

 

This boy right here is smart. People really need to stop watching movies its frying their brains.

 

Not true. Personally, I don't care if it's a man or woman...I think children deserve to be protected when they're in danger. I understand what you're saying, I just disagree. I'd be on those teenagers in a heartbeat.

Seriously, it is SO refreshing to see someone say this! Wish more people thought along the same lines as you do. :smt038

 

I think you talk a good game but outside of your own kids I doubt you'd really risk your job or your safety

 

If it was to save a child (even if it wasn't my own), you can bet all your savings that I'd risk it. I'm a mom love, it's just ingrained in me to protect. Hell, I'd jump in to save your ass if you were getting beat down...it doesn't just start and stop with kids for me! We've had this conversation before, you know where I stand. I know these are easy words to say when you're not faced with the situation irl, but I know my heart, and I'd fight to protect anyone in trouble.

Speaking of talking a good game love...where's my 24 hours of compliments?! Ready and waiting...

 

Tick tock, tick tock