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A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2017

A major selling point in Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s new budget — 100 more police officers on Jacksonville’s streets — is under fire from the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition. However, JPC is attempting a ricochet approach; rather than target the Mayor, JPC is aiming its rhetorical broadside at City Council Finance Chair Garrett Dennis. Dennis’ committee […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2017

When it comes to body cameras for police in Jacksonville, nothing has come easy. And Sheriff Mike Williams has evolved on the matter. “There are just too many issues related to body cameras for JSO officers at this time. More discussion is necessary,” Williams said in 2015 on the campaign trail. Activists persevered, however, and by […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 11, 2017

A Jacksonville protest against military action in Syria went ugly Friday evening; many protesters were arrested, with one getting medical treatment. Meanwhile, counter-protester Gary Snow, a fixture for almost a year at left-leaning Jacksonville protests, as well as political events on the right, escaped without charges. However, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams told us Tuesday that Snow, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2017

Until Friday, most people outside the circles of regular protesters and Duval County Republican Party activists didn’t know the name “Gary Snow.” Bet they know it now. Snow, who recently came to Jacksonville by way of Chicago, has a unique shtick. Under the aegis of supporting President Donald Trump, Snow makes a habit of showing up […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2017

Thursday evening saw cable news broadcasts offering Strange New Respect for President Donald Trump after the bombing of a Syrian military base. The bombing, a response to the Syrian regime’s alleged use this week of Sarin gas in its ongoing civil war, was framed as a humanitarian measure by President Trump. “Assad choked out the lives […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2017

There is something comfortingly familiar about a protest in Jacksonville, and Tuesday afternoon’s anti-Donald Trump protest was no exception. The chants heard at the Duval County Courthouse were, at least many of them, heard before. At this point, “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” has been workshopped repeatedly in the Jacksonville DMA, and may have […]

Melissa RossApril 8, 2016

A coalition of community groups is calling for State Attorney Angela Corey “to either resign from office or she needs to be voted out of office as the State Attorney in August 2016.” That, from the Community Leadership Coalition for Justice, Jacksonville Leadership Coalition, Jacksonville Progressive Coalition, Mothers on a Mission, and more. The groups held […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 4, 2015

The rains have been hitting this writer’s portion of Duval County all day, dousing the usual neighborhood fireworks wars. This is symbolically fitting, as the Volokh Conspiracy blog at the Washington Post likewise dumped cold water all over a recent fevered ruling of Judge Mark Mahon, which set strict limits on permissible speech at the Duval County Courthouse, as “clearly […]

Melissa RossJune 9, 2015

An on-air discussion of the McKinney, Texas, viral video making the rounds this week quickly turned into an impassioned debate on criminal justice, with one participant’s calls to confront institutional racism set against another’s plea to evaluate police use-of-force incidents case by case. “We have to look at the institutionalization of racism in America,” activist Wells […]

Tag: Jacksonville Progressive Coalition

Jax progs, City Council members spar over police hiring

Jax Sheriff rolls out body camera pilot program for July launch

Jax Sheriff: Gary Snow a ‘catalyst’ of Hemming Park protest melee

‘Snow job’ for Jacksonville protesters was only a matter of time

Jacksonville progressives plan Friday protest of Syrian military action

Jacksonville protest of Donald Trump sees protesters protesting

Jacksonville activists demand Angela Corey’s resignation

Washington Post: Duval County courthouse speech restrictions are unconstitutional

The McKinney video: a Rashomon