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‘Bring it in with force’: Orlando Police Department releases body cam footage from pro-Palestinian rally downtown Saturday

Orlando Police Department officers stormed the crowd, deployed pepper spray, pushed and shoved protesters, and arrested two.

By Chloe Greenberg

Orlando Police Department shared with Orlando Weekly body-worn camera footage from a pro-Palestinian protest at Lake Eola Park over the weekend. An estimated 1,200 people, including children and families, gathered to rally Saturday, May 11, to uplift the call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza...

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    Fri., May 17, 11 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.

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Photos: UCF students, organizers host 'Day of the Nakba' Palestinian solidarity event

A student-led organization Wednesday held an event in solidarity with Palestine for the 76th anniversary of the Nakba. University of Central Florida…

By Houda Eletr

UCF students, organizers host 'Day of the Nakba' Palestinian solidarity event
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This tiny 10-foot-wide 'spite' house now on the market in Florida for $619K

A menacingly thin home has hit the market in Florida. Located at 1952 Horn St. in Jacksonville Beach, the residence is just 10 feet…

By Chloe Greenberg

Tiny 10-foot-wide 'spite' house now on the market in Florida for $619K
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Police arrest two, pepper spray crowd at pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Orlando

Orlando Police arrested two people and deployed pepper spray during a 1,200-person otherwise peaceful rally calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at…

By Chloe Greenberg

Police arrest two, pepper spray crowd at pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Orlando
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This historic downtown Orlando townhouse inside a former mission-style church is now for sale for $1.9 million

An Orlando townhouse near Lake Eola Park in a 1920s mission-style building that was once a church is now on the market. The…

By Chloe Greenberg

This historic downtown Orlando townhouse, inside a former mission-style church, is now for sale for $1.9 million
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May 15, 2024

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