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"When I asked Jane Castor almost 10 years ago, what was she going to do to clean up the department and she replied there were no bad cops under her, I was flabbergasted. Now we see her ineffective leadership in the racist cops she covered for finally coming to light." Chris Cano

Ybor City visitor claims TPD used excessive force

Ybor Rob Arrested

Biking While Black In Tampa

Between Jan. 1, 2014 and Aug. 30, 2015, Tampa police documented 9,121 bicycle stops. Though black people make up about a quarter of the city's population, they accounted for 7 out of every 10 bike stops. Among those stopped, black bicyclists were more likely to get a ticket than white bicyclists. 

**This disparity disappeared after the Times investigation, researchers said, when Tampa police mandated that all bike stops be documented as "street checks."** According to a report by the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Tampa Police Department policy of writing tickets to black bicyclists didn't reduce crime, stop bicycle crashes, or curb bicycle theft. All it did was "burden" black bicyclists. "Though these stops were intended to reduce problems in areas with high crime rates, which were mostly black, the disproportionate citing of African-American bicyclists was unfair and, even if not intended as harassment, often perceived as such," COPS office director Ronald Davis wrote in the 72-page report. HERE

Words of Rev. Russell L. Meyer

"No former chief of police should be considered for mayor of Tampa. Why?"

"Tampa has a strong mayor form of government. That means TPD works for the mayor. Look at the budget. TPD is unquestioned. It is the mayor's enforcement corps. It has been used for political repression. The mayor can direct sting investigations and felonize political opposition. A Chief of Police has far too many " HERE

YBOR ROB First Amendment Audit FAIL:TPD North Tampa

Ybor Rob: First Amendment Audit Tampa PD

Ybor Rob Owns TPD

Ybor Rob: Tampa Police VLOG DOWNTOWN TAMPA POLICE STATION COPS VIEW of brutality

TPD Photographers in Ybor City

N. 19th Street, In front of The Bunker

Tampa Solidarity With Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The Democratic Progressive Caucus of Tampa Bay

Susan

Syd

Adnan and Jae

Jennifer 

Jessica

Scott and Beth

Nicole and Kara

The ever-present Pastor Meyer and Sean

Sean, Debbie and Beau 

Bob

Kim

Kelly and Elvis

Tim

Michael and Gonzalo

Jodi, Graham, Joe and Gonzo

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Blake High School to Curtis Hixon Park

Tampa, Florida

Walking While Wearing A Hoodie In Tampa

Robert Washington was walking home from a convenience store to eat a sandwich one hot July evening. This should have been without incident. However, a Tampa Police Officer staked him out
and then followed him. 

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She pursued him and demanded his time and attention, to which he, within his rights, said No! Robert just wanted to go home and eat his sandwich in peace. However, the police officer could not take no for an answer. She continued to harass Robert--but Robert stood his ground and would not let her take up any more of his time. That's when she told him she needed to speak with him because "he was wearing a hoodie" and "looked like somebody". 

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As he attempted to enter his own home, he was attacked by several police officers, who brutally took him down and arrested him.

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Demand State Attorney Andrew Warren Drop All Charges Against him!

Police Accountability and Transparency NOW

To: Governor of Florida, State Representatives, State Senators, Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Police Chief of Tampa, Hillsborough County Commission, City of Tampa Council, Plant City Commission, Plant City Manager, Plant City Mayor and Vice Mayor.

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Tampa Community Forum: Police Reform

November 1 at 7 PM - 9 PM

Seminole Heights Library

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Bob Buckhorn's Police Force

Photo credits: Dan Holoman - Julio Rodriguez