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In this image taken from Jacksonville (Florida) Sheriff's Office body camera video, suspect Le'Keian Woods is hit with a Taser stun gun as he is chased by a Jacksonville police officer after fleeing a vehicle that was stopped during a traffic stop Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Fla. A Florida sheriff released the body camera video Monday, Oct. 2, that he says shows his officers were justified when they repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed Woods, a drug suspect, who gave chase after being pulled over with two others during a traffic stop. (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Jacksonville sheriff says body camera video shows officers were justified in beating suspect
By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press
Mon,10/02/23-8:41PM , 167 Reads
A Florida sheriff released body camera video Monday that he says shows his officers were justified when they repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed a drug suspect who appeared to resist arrest even after being zapped with a stun gun and pinned to the ground.
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Sound as bands of heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Idalia buffet Perry, Fla., tossing branches into the street and tearing away a billboard wrap. COURTESY: WPLG-TV ((Mandatory on-air credit))

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Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-11:35PM , 135 Reads
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Sound as bands of heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Idalia buffet Perry, Fla., tossing branches into the street and tearing away a billboard wrap. COURTESY: WPLG-TV ((Mandatory on-air credit))

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Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees and cutting power
By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-11:35PM , 135 Reads
PERRY, Fla.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, May 9, 2023, in Miami. On Saturday, Aug. 26, DeSantis declared a state of emergency for most of Florida's Gulf coast as forecasters say a weather system off the coast of Mexico could soon become a tropical storm and start moving toward the area. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Much of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in Gulf of Mexico
By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press
Sat,08/26/23-12:07PM , 84 Reads
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, and Florida braced for a possible hurricane by midweek, as a weather system off the coast of Mexico was expected to become a tropical storm by Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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