Florida Governor Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings [View all]
Source: Associated Press
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Florida Governor Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings
White shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida hate crime
BY AARON MORRISON AND RUSS BYNUM
Updated 10:54 PM EDT, August 27, 2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”
Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness " — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.
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