![This section of Robles Park Apartments is where Tampa’s black community once buried its dead. Zion Cemetery was lost to history after hundreds of bodies were buried there. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190722/ARTICLE/190729988/AR/0/AR-190729988.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "This section of Robles Park Apartments is where Tampa’s black community once buried its dead. Zion Cemetery was lost to history after hundreds of bodies were buried there. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
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As William Barr criticizes reform prosecutors, Tampa state attorney joins chorus pushing back
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