Former Times staffer
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![Images of people in power in the Tampa Bay area, arranged by White, shown with ivory background or Black, Hispanic or Asian, shown with green background.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "Images of people in power in the Tampa Bay area, arranged by White, shown with ivory background or Black, Hispanic or Asian, shown with green background.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7ES2UPBFMFHNBGEG7P7XKGTNME.jpg "Images of people in power in the Tampa Bay area, arranged by White, shown with ivory background or Black, Hispanic or Asian, shown with green background.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7QZB5RCWMJBJJPG3DTSPNPTROE.jpg "The scene outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, the day a violent pro-Trump mob attacked and breached the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, leaving five dead.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/UGDMLSY5FBBEJIMAC3ONND2HXM.JPG "Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/X5OWK3N74FAZ5HHMPIOBBT5VNU.JPG "The scene of a deadly shooting in St. Petersburg in February. Three people were found dead inside a home Tuesday after a shooting that led to a SWAT team response.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6ROP5MLDYRGFBKCVAPFWEZRMJ4.jpg "Fifi Raymond, 36, is pictured with part of her large gun collection.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TB2ABS7K3VD2XBWRVF5MXUCO6U.JPG "When plumbing issues made the bathrooms in their new rental house unusable, the Pate family squeezed into a two bed hotel room October 9, 2021.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/K54SLDMDFBCKNFTNFL3B4DBB2I.jpg "Criminal justice researchers say collecting data on traffic stops and making it readily available to the public is crucial for accountability.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XZFQYB3WVJFG5OLRFILCDTAMXU.JPG "Jaila Johnson, 26, with Take Flight Dance Studio participates in the Jerusalema challenge –– a dance routine from Africa that went viral on social media during the June 5 Saturday Shoppe held at Tropicana parking lot number 4.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/FXAV4XHAPNDC7MEYNCF2XWLGVY.jpg "In Florida, the ACLU is looking for cases that will bring change to the system.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/UUMZM2N7FNGOBE5FXBYQEZEL24.JPG "Rev. J. C Pritchett , president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance speaks to a small gathering Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in St. Petersburg, about the Derek Chauvin trial verdict in front of the Lynching Memorial.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LITJ2YYEPBAR5NZYRXW77MY4X4.JPG "People listen while several organizers speak outside St. Petersburg City Hall ahead of a march in solidarity against racism and police brutality on Friday. About 100 people gathered to march.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QWBCTTTNXRCOFIDDKL5SP4W63M.jpg "Aerial view overlooking the site of the Piney Point wastewater release on Sunday, April 4, 2021 in Palmetto.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/F33XES55HNHQ3CC6KNFAJUF6RI.jpg "IRS ha procesado cheques de estímulo desde mitad de marzo.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XSN6DOAG6VG63IAOIBDAQAU3W4.png "Two Black protesters flee a man pointing a gun during a protest in downtown St. Petersburg on Sept. 26, 2020.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/V3FX7544KNGOZISYQ234Z4VP4E.jpg "Trump supporters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. Watching from afar, some Tampa Bay leaders noticed a contrast with how Black protesters have been treated by law enforcement over the last year.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NBO6EWXYFBGIHH5SMEMVXE2GTQ.JPG "Tamara Blackman holds a picture of her mother, Marjorie Blackman, who passed away April 29. Marjorie was a licensed practical nurse at the Seminole Pavilion nursing home at Freedom Square.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/CVGPIZ5DGZGZLGKKMK44EV6VSI.jpg "An outbreak. Evacuations. Forty families shattered.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/5QLPZTQFUVHR3DKM4IPHSAMUEE.JPG "Black Lives Matter Pasco activist Christina Boneta poses for a portrait with her megaphone in Hudson. Boneta has been fined a total of $2,573 in noise ordinance violations by New Port Richey police officers. The Tampa Bay Times found that officers have issued fines to protesters worth thousands.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VLJINBHZBJAIVCGU7SQMDKRSQ4.jpg "Shantay Belcher, 33, was arrested on charges of child neglect in the death of a 7-year-old boy on Nov. 15, 2020. Detectives say she left the boy in a cold-water bath overnight.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/DLAEH4P33RESVK544JKMFS67BU.jpg "In this Oct. 28, 2020 photo, poll worker Alice Machinist, of Newton, Mass., right, wears a mask and shield out of concern for the coronavirus while assisting a voter, left, with a ballot during early in-person general election voting at the Newton Free Library, in Newton, Mass.")
![Florida House District 38 Republican candidate Randy Maggard won re-election Tuesday. [Maggard campaign]](https://www.tampabay.com/resizer//PVy2yCPnemBnPL7hpZdZHT1nR7E=/200x112/filters:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/X2MXYJGIIQI6TGNIIBWI6S7HAY.jpg "Florida House District 38 Republican candidate Randy Maggard won re-election Tuesday. [Maggard campaign]")
