Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters has responded to ICARE’s demands for him to do more to decrease homicides in Jacksonville.
In just two years, Gov. DeSantis says a new program has helped save lives in the fight against the opioid epidemicNew Insider Deals are here, and you’re going to love them!The group said it has constantly called on the sheriff to participate in its initiatives to curb violence and Monday was no different.gathered on the steps of the Police Memorial Building to call on Waters to find a solution.
He was also invited to Monday’s Nehemiah Action Assembly at the Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church, to which he declined, saying he has to attend the Police Memorial Ceremony on the same night. “I will not attend ICARE assemblies in the future, given my experience last year at the 2023 Nehemiah Action Assembly. That event did not provide an environment for constructive conversation, but rather was a staged display in which I was not permitted to fully answer questions beyond “yes” or “no” responses.
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