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June 2, 2020 By: Staff Report *Warning Explicit Language In Twitter Feeds Below **Update- No Protest happened in Wesley Chapel on Tuesday. A small protest is taking place now, Wednesday June 3rd at 54 and Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. ***Riverview’s protest did take…
Read More Tampa Area Protests Rumored to Be in Wesley Chapel and Riverview Areas Tonight
June 1, 2020 By: Staff Report Many Tampa Bay area stores have closed early and prepared their entrances for any civil unrest that may occur throughout the night. Walmart stores in multiple locations around the Tampa Bay area have been closed and barricaded. The Walmart…
Read More Tampa Bay Area Stores Close Early and Prepare for any Civil Unrest
June 1, 2020 By Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURG – Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg closed its doors to shoppers Monday. Susan, an employee in the mall’s management office who did not provide her last name, confirmed that the mall was closed, but directed The…
Read More Tyrone Square Mall Closes to Shoppers Closed Due to the Potential for Civil Unrest in the Area
May 31, 2020 Updated June 1, 2020 By : Staff Report POLK COUNTY: Polk County Sheriff Grady extended the curfew that was put in place last night, until 5 AM Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The declaration was made last night, after what Sheriff Judd called,…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd Extends Local State of Emergency Declaration for Polk County
June 1, 2020 By Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – After a weekend of protests in Tampa, Mayor Jane Castor announced the extension of a citywide curfew at a Monday morning press conference. The curfew applies to all individuals and businesses, with few exceptions, and will be…
Read More Overnight Curfew Extended in Tampa, 21 Arrested During Sunday Protests
June 1, 2020 Warning, these videos below contain explicit language. These are raw videos from the protests Saturday.
Read More Raw Video From Saturdays Protest at USF Fowler
June 1, 2020 By: Elizabeth Diaz Tampa Bay — “Summer is the new spring here,” Cyndee Hayden of Sand Bars to Sunsets Team with Future Home Reality (Pinellas and Hillsborough County) publicly said on Saturday. What does she mean? Most market analysis shows that this…
Read More Summer Is The New Spring for Real Estate in Florida
May 31, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA: Tampa Police Department issued a audio warning to protesters downtown tonight. The audio, played on loudspeakers, says, ” You are engaging in illegal activity you are ordered to immediately disperse and exit the area. If you do not…
Read More Tampa PD, Issued a 3-Minute Warning
May 31, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA- Twitter user @KDagrin posted a video of the police action against protesters downtown Tampa today. There is explicit language in this video. We was cool, no riots, no looting, but Tampa law enforcement escalated shit 10 mins into…
Read More Video Shows the Tear Gas Used on Protesters In Tampa Today *Explicit Language
May 31, 2020 By: News Alert 8PM Police activity in Hillsborough County on I-275 South, at I-4. All lanes blocked. Please avoid this area if at all possible. Updated: Police activity in Hillsborough County on I-275 South, at I-4. All lanes blocked. Last updated at…
Read More I-275 South, at I-4. All lanes Blocked- Police Activity