A Gov. Ron DeSantis news conference in Jacksonville turned heated Thursday morning after a Black man in the crowd said the Florida governor’s policies contributed to the racist murder of three Black residents in Jacksonville last month.

“This was a tragedy that never should have happened,” Eva Mobley said as she sat on a front porch in Nashville. “When is it going to stop? When is the hatred going to stop?”

Brian Levin with California State University’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism says there are consistent correlations related to a catalyst and rhetoric.

As the community continues to grieve after a racist shooting spree at a Jacksonville Dollar General Saturday, the 911 call the gunman’s father made that day is revealing new details about what happened that day and his past.

The racially motivated murders in Jacksonville’s New Town community have created grief and additional strain in an urban neighborhood that was already experiencing challenges. There are no grocery stores in New Town, no restaurants, or access to shopping.