Hate Speech

In a letter to students, faculty and staff, USF President Rhea Law said the university "wlll not allow violent, disruptive or aggressive acts" on campus.

"It’s hateful rhetoric that is legitimated by reference to a text that he and many other people find authoritative and divine rite, but that’s just a truth claim. That’s something that we have responsibility to interrogate and to think about its effects on people," said professor Nicole Kelley

A far-right group in Jacksonville has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

"Enough is enough, said Rep. Mike Caruso. The Delray Beach Republican filed the bill last week. He said that legislators need to act.

It’s been two years since a pro-Trump crowd stormed the U.S. Capitol. Florida is home to more people arrested in connection with the attack than any other state.

Mayor Lenny Curry's office window appears to have a bullet hole in it while a plane pulling a Confederate flag and message circled City Hall.

The report for the first time publicly identified the group responsible: National Socialist Florida, known as NatSoc Florida or NSF, an extremist group with a growing presence in Jacksonville.

Even projecting hateful messages onto a private building might not lead to an arrest, legal experts say.

Jacksonville has been the longtime home of the annual football rivalry game, where more than 75,000 fans were expected to come to the city to attend Saturday's game.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando will receive money from the state to bolster security measures after Neo-Nazis marched in Central Florida last weekend.

They were part of a group that was waving Nazi flags and yelling slurs on Alafaya Trail in East Orlando.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discussed Gov. Ron DeSantis' reaction to separate incidents in Orlando and Miami, and a trial that got underway this week over the state’s new voting law.