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Historic Orlando ice cream shop to reopen with new name, owners
Read full article: Historic Orlando ice cream shop to reopen with new name, ownersIn 1948, Edwin Goff opened the window to his ice cream shop off 212 S Orange Blossom Trail, but little did he know this little eatery dubbed Goff’s Drive In would have decades of memories.
He wore a wire and risked his life to expose who was in the KKK
Read full article: He wore a wire and risked his life to expose who was in the KKKIn nearly 10 years working undercover for the FBI inside Florida's Ku Klux Klan, Joseph Moore helped foil at least two murder plots, according to court records from a criminal trial for two of the klansmen.
Florida university cites racist Twitter bio in firing police officer
Read full article: Florida university cites racist Twitter bio in firing police officerTAMPA, Fla. – A university police officer in Florida whose Twitter bio described herself as a “KKK member” has been fired, officials said. Former University of South Florida officer Presley Garcia, 26, said her friend added the description in 2015 and she had not used the account for years. The investigation into Garcia began in July after a BayNews 9 reporter contacted the USF police department with screenshots of the Twitter account “@presleyyyg,” which read “KKK member." The chief said USF officers have experienced having their doors kicked, vehicles photographed in their driveways and been followed to work while being “antagonized on the roadway” in recent months. Garcia admitted the Twitter account was hers, but told investigators a friend added the phrase to her bio in 2015, the newspaper reported.