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Jacksonville councilman pushes back against effort to toughen hate speech laws, calls it ‘political pandering’
Read full article: Jacksonville councilman pushes back against effort to toughen hate speech laws, calls it ‘political pandering’A move to toughen the laws against hate speech in Jacksonville is meeting pushback from a city council member.
‘Hate has no home in Jacksonville’: City Council takes stand with anti-hate crime legislation
Read full article: ‘Hate has no home in Jacksonville’: City Council takes stand with anti-hate crime legislationMembers of the Jacksonville City Council stood in front of a memorial Monday for the three innocent lives that were taken after a hate crime to announce a solution to a broken community’s demand for change.
National civil rights leaders plan hate crime summit in Jacksonville
Read full article: National civil rights leaders plan hate crime summit in JacksonvilleNearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the Anti-Defamation League announced plans Monday to bring a hate crime summit to Jacksonville.
Jacksonville activists address a violent attack on a woman at an Arlington gas station
Read full article: Jacksonville activists address a violent attack on a woman at an Arlington gas stationA woman told News4JAX a man used racist language before he attacked her on Monday inside an Arlington gas station.
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Jacksonville native suffers broken jaw in NYC attack
Read full article: Jacksonville native suffers broken jaw in NYC attackA doctor and Jacksonville native is recovering from serious injuries after he was beaten in New York City over the holiday weekend in an attack he believes was motivated by hate.