The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

Developing Story: On Saturday City Commissioner Jack Porter and city commission candidate Dot Inman-Johnson attended a forum hosted by TCAC, an extreme left-wing group that has labeled TPD “cop killers” and verbally attacked Israel.

Here are some of their members speaking at a recent city commission:

A Tallahassee man will serve three years behind bars after a deadly shooting on the FAMU basketball courts in November 2022. Davhon Young Jr. was hoping for a sentence of time served in exchange for his cooperation, but the judge sentenced him to three years in prison as an accessory. Young drove Chedderick Thomas to the basketball courts on the day of the shooting, where Thomas killed an innocent bystander and left four other people hurt.

The Tallahassee Downtown Market continues to flourish: Every Saturday, from March through November, Ponce De Leon Park turns into a wonderful market, displaying Tallahassee’s best and brightest local entrepreneurs. With dozens of vendors providing everything from live music to clothes to fresh produce and everything in between, the Downtown Market has something for everyone.

FLORIDA NEWS

Members of Florida’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention threw their support Monday to Vice President Kamala Harris, a day after President Joe Biden dropped his re-election campaign.

Fox News viewers got an extended version of trial lawyer John Morgan’s case against the Democratic Party Monday night. Morgan, who tweeted, “Be careful what you wish for” when Democrats moved toward picking a nominee by acclamation, had plenty more to say on cable television.

An appeals court Monday declined to take up a fight stemming from a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, saying the case is moot because the statement was revised last week.

NATIONAL NEWS

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified yesterday before the House Oversight Committee regarding the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Director since September 2022, Cheatle admitted the incident was the agency’s worst operational failure in decades and took full responsibility while declining to answer several questions.

Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her campaign yesterday and began securing support from key Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her bid to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. At least 2,500 delegates—of almost 4,700 total—plan to back Harris as the nominee at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, according to an AP poll. The endorsements are enough for Harris to win the nomination (see poll). 

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.1%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +1.6%); S&P 500 notches best single-day increase since June 5 (More).

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