On Monday, the president of the NAACP in Jacksonville, Fla., claimed that banners supporting former President Donald Trump incited racial “hate” and could be linked to the racially motivated shooting at the Dollar General. He urged the Justice Department to take action.
“I spoke to my colleague, Juliette Kayyem,” said Rahel Solomon. “She used to be an official at the Department of Homeland Security and she told me that Jacksonville is specifically a breeding ground for neo-Nazis, that they’ve been tracking this and seeing this. I mean, what can you tell me and tell us about the climate that is there in jacksonville with these hate groups?
“I think the federal government and the Department of Justice are going to have to do a better job and enforce exactly where these hate groups exist,” Isaiah Rumlin responded. “I mean, we see these Confederate signs. We see Trump signs all the time on our streets, and we know from that standpoint that there’s hate and we’re just going to have to deal with it somehow. And the Department of Justice he must be here today watching it.”
A gunman wielding rifles with racist messages killed three people before killing himself Saturday at a Dollar General store. The assailant had previously tried to enter a library at a nearby university but was refused entry by security staff.
The NAACP in Florida is no stranger to issuing partisan statements attacking Republicans. On May 22, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, noting Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ opposition to an Advanced Placement course it says includes elements of critical race theory and the ” queer theory”.
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