After a colleague took down pictures of black heroes off of his wall, a teacher in Florida has resigned from his job.

Michael James, who used to be a teacher at O.J. Semmes Elementary School, in Pensacola, was so distraught that he sent emails. The were addressed to the superintendent of Escambia County, Tim Smith, and Governor Ron DeSantis. He stated that he had been a special education instructor for 15 years and was appalled when the teacher changed his bulletin board.

The school demographics and surrounding community is predominantly Black. James says that he uses Black heroes like Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, and Harriet Tubman to inspire his students.

Teachers are allowed to customize their classrooms as they choose. James said that he had been working in his classroom when the unidentified teacher started taking things down, citing that they weren’t age-appropriate.

James added that the teacher didn’t say anything about race. However, she did grab an image of Barack Obama and said, “you don’t need to put this up, either.”

The teacher stated that he quit because he didn’t want to be employed with a school district that hires employees that behave in this manner.

The school district says that they are investigating the matter, and the appropriate corrective measures will be put into place.

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During a funeral service in Richmond, California, a huge fight occurred, involving a brother and sister. It resulted in their mother’s casket being knocked over and an apprehension.

The Richmond Police Department noted that the incident happened, on Saturday, at Rolling Hills Memorial Park.

Authorities say that during the fight, the sister’s boyfriend intervened which escalated the situation.

The brother then entered his vehicle and tried to hit his sister but missed. On the other hand, he hit another woman and made the mother’s casket fall over. It was documented that the body did not fall out.

The woman who was hit suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The brother also drove in grass and gravestones, which led to a water main break. In the end, the water flooded the plot that belonged to the funeral director’s mother.

To add, a funeral attendee hit the 36-year-old brother with a cane once he exited his vehicle in order to ‘get him under control.’

The brother received medical attention for a wound he suffered during the physical altercation and was then apprehended.

The park estimated that the total amount of damages is about $20,000. The manager noted that the cemetery will be paying for all repairs.

It was also reported that one relative brought a stun gun to the services because of a long history of problems within the family.

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The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said, a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of the former president.

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