This evening, FAMU Student Body President Breyon Love led close to 1,200 students to the Florida Governor’s Mansion to send Rick Scott a message."The Governor needs to stay the hell out of our institution,” Love told WCTV-6.
The students marched up to the governor's residence on North Adams Street to protest Scott's attempt to pressure to the FAMU Board of Trustees to place President James H. Ammons on administrative leave.
Scott told reporters he wants Ammons to temporarily step aside until the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) completes its investigations at the school. When further questioned by reporters, the governor clumsily admitted that he had no evidence that Ammons has done anything wrong or has failed to cooperate with the probes.
The governor, who was at home, came outside to the front yard to address the protestors with a loudspeaker. Former state Sen. Alfred "Al" Lawson and former FAMU Trustee R.B. Holmes were present and stood nearby as the governor spoke for just over five minutes.
Love later met with the governor inside the mansion. Scott still refused to rescind his request for Ammons to be placed on administrative leave.
Update (12:26 a.m.): WCTV-6 reports that Scott has agreed to have another discussion with Ammons on Friday, December 16. Many students are still unsatisfied.