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HATE CRIME

Jacksonville councilman pushes back against effort to toughen hate speech laws, calls it ‘political pandering’

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A move to toughen the laws against hate speech in Jacksonville is meeting pushback from a city council member.

‘Hate has no home in Jacksonville’: City Council takes stand with anti-hate crime legislation

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Members of the Jacksonville City Council stood in front of a memorial Monday for the three innocent lives that were taken after a hate crime to announce a solution to a broken community’s demand for change.

National civil rights leaders plan hate crime summit in Jacksonville

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Nearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the Anti-Defamation League announced plans Monday to bring a hate crime summit to Jacksonville.

Jacksonville activists address a violent attack on a woman at an Arlington gas station

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A woman told News4JAX a man used racist language before he attacked her on Monday inside an Arlington gas station.

Jacksonville native suffers broken jaw in NYC attack

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A doctor and Jacksonville native is recovering from serious injuries after he was beaten in New York City over the holiday weekend in an attack he believes was motivated by hate.