Black Political Zone

Ralpha Arza, the Republican legislator from Florida who recently came under fire for leaving a threatening voicemail with racist slurs for another lawmaker, surrendered to police. The Miami Herald reports:

In the cellphone messages, Arza called Barreiro a ''bitch'' and a racial slur, and Barbon threatened to ''crack [Barreiro's] face open.'' Arza later apologized for his calls to Barreiro, blaming his actions on alcohol.

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