More than 700 people gathered Monday night to call for an end to Jacksonville’s decades-long epidemic of shooting deaths, but the man with the power to act on their ideas — Sheriff T.K. Waters — was noticeably absent.
Author Archives: Charlie McGee
Charlie McGee reports on poverty in Jacksonville. He is a Report for America corps member who previously wrote for the regional paper in California’s High Desert. He has written for outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Rolling Stone and Vice News. His journalism life began at The Daily Tar Heel. You can reach him at charlie.mcgee@jaxtrib.org.
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City Council to consider resolution condemning housing discrimination in Jacksonville
Jacksonville Councilman Jimmy Peluso acknowledged the symbolic resolution is far from a complete solution, but he said he hopes it will be the start of something bigger.
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Court hearings set stage as Florida pursues Jacksonville teacher’s license over Black Lives Matter flag
Court hearings on Wednesday and Thursday featured testimonies and debate on the Florida Department of Education’s allegations against Amy Donofrio. This administrative law case tests the extent of Florida’s rules limiting what teachers are allowed to say and do in the classroom.
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Dollar General reopens after OSHA probe of Jacksonville shooting. New security measures? Unclear
The Dollar General where a man with a swastika-painted rifle killed three Black people in Jacksonville has reopened a few months later than originally planned, and a few weeks after the end of a federal workplace safety investigation, as the company touts a remodeled store with new consumer options.
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Auditor: Mounting debt, inmate care, cost of treating poor people puts UF Health in dire financial state
Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for its neediest patients is in dire straits due to a deepening hole of debt, a costly deal with Jacksonville’s jail and a worsening deficit it faces for treating poor people, according to the Jacksonville Council Auditor’s Office.
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Families of victims in Dollar General shooting sue store, shooters’ family in Jacksonville
Relatives of three Jacksonville residents who were killed at a local Dollar General in August are suing the corporate retailer for negligence that they allege made the store “a criminal’s safe haven” when a white 21-year-old with a swastika-painted rifle opened fire on its Black customers.
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Court approves tweaked deal to settle lending-discrimination case in Jacksonville
A federal court accepted a DOJ settlement with Ameris Bank to rectify claims of racial discrimination in home lending in Jacksonville.
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Judge pauses Justice Department deal in Jacksonville redlining case over ‘unenforceable’ order
Federal judge pauses settlement in discrimination case between U.S. DOJ and Ameris Bank in Jacksonville, citing an ‘unenforceable’ order. The agreement, aimed at addressing allegations of lending discrimination in Black-majority neighborhoods, is sent back for revision.
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‘The shooting has to stop’: Jacksonville faith group calls on sheriff for change
Hundreds of Jacksonville residents from a range of spiritual, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds are calling for change from Sheriff T.K. Waters to treat sky-high shooting deaths as an issue rooted in poverty that requires the engagement with all voices citywide.
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U.S. attorney general: Ameris Bank will pay $9 million to settle discriminatory lending case in Jacksonville
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the redlining settlement Thursday in Jacksonville.