Quote:Back in 1947, the city of Sanford ran Jackie Robinson out of town while he was playing for the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers AAA team, which trained in Sanford.

Quote:From 1944 to 1950 Moore’s work led to an increase in Black voter registration in Florida to 31 percent of those eligible to vote, higher than any other Southern state.
Moore was a bold “race man,” and because of his relentless methods he was dangerous in the eyes of many in the White community.

So much so that on Christmas night of 1951, the home of Moore and his wife Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was fire bombed. It was the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. Moore died on his way to a Sanford hospital and his wife died 9 days later of her injuries

Quote:On Dec. 4, 2010, 21-year-old Justin Collison, was captured on a YouTube video leaving a Sanford bar, when he walked up behind an unsuspecting Ware, a homeless African American man, and punched him in the back of the head, which drove Ware's face into a utility pole and then onto the pavement.

Sanford police questioned Collison that night and had possession of the video but did not arrest him. You see, Collison's father is a Sanford police lieutenant and his grandfather is a former circuit judge and wealthy Florida landowner. Collison wasn't arrested until one month later, and only after news organizations began airing the video.

(04-01-2012 02:31 PM)sandnsea Wrote:  So not surprised.

And the thing is, you can't stop this unless you can talk about it. And you can't talk about it or you're labeled the "region basher". Certainly this kind of incident can happen anywhere in this country, but the seeds come from a few distinct places. Idaho is another, btw.