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ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS

   May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), we understand mental health concerns are public safety concerns. As a public safety organization, we seek to explore new and effective ways to address mental health issues that touch our community. […]

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Women- Treated as Livestock & Poultry

 Regrettably,  women have been taken advantage  of by white men for Centuries. Sadly, there  continues little or no resistance that has been taken to defend women against   societal norms, religious dogma, and laws  that steadily  suppress their  inalienable rights. Looking back as  how men labeled animals as livestock or poultry, their treatment then and now says, “Women are merely human livestock.” […]

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Being Black in Florida is itself a strain on your mental health

     It got worse.  Sadly, after so much targeting of presumably innocent black males, he’d had enough.  He had become semi-militant in his thoughts on law enforcement.  This struck the core of my mental state.  The notion that in a situation he might lose it concerned me to the point that it began to take a toll physically on me.  Fortunately, he got over that mode shortly and I could breathe somewhat easier in his absence. […]

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Governor DeSantis Wields Double-Edged Sword

The more Governor DeSantis pretends to be the Captain  of Florida’s peninsula, the less he appears capable of  steering it through its treacherous political waters. His obsessions for political power as well as mission to  become president has driven him to rule with a doubled sword, dipped in retribution and racism. […]