Posted on 06/13/2020 2:49:27 AM PDT by Libloather
About 20 local community leaders and lawmakers stood in the hot sun in front of the site of the Republican National Convention’s final events and pleaded with the mayor to stop them in light of recent protests, the coronavirus and other issues.
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Many on Friday were also concerned with the impact protests that normally come with presidential nominating conventions will have on communities near the arena. Activist Hope McMath said the city is “struggling” to handle the protests that are happening on a daily basis.
“To think that we will be ready in less than three months to handle that on a much greater scale than anything we have seen to date is naive at best,” she said. “It is also an issue of hypocrisy for a city whose mayor claims `One City, One Jacksonville.′ This flies in the face of that statement.”
In a statement in answer to questions about how the Sheriff’s Office will prepare for the convention, Sheriff Mike Williams said they have two “very clear priorities to deliver.”
“Ensure the event attendees are safe and ensure our community is safe,” his statement read. “I am confident that the men and women of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are ready to meet the demands of such a large scale national event coming to our city. I look forward to working with so many state and federal partners for a successful and safe event for all.”
(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...
Yup. If it isn’t hockey stick McGee trying to spread more fear.
How about if they move to CHAZ for the week.
ML/NJ
“If you don’t cede to my demands, I will bun down my community!”
That’ll show ‘em...
True, but the locals aren’t ones I’m worried about, it’s the ones who will be traveling into town to organize and get things started....
You will have cops in the field collecting intelligence and hopefully stopping things before they get started...
A lot of the locals work in the hotels, etc...they want the business and big money that will be coming to town...
Which “community leaders?”. Who cares what some “activist” wants?
This is why the feds BETTER have infiltrated BLM and Antifa. Unfortunately it’s probably the other way around.
It doesn’t matter if 95% of the locals support the RNC.
If 5% oppose it and support BLM, that’s all that matters.
Do you think that most people living in Minneapolis supported the arson riots?
Didn’t matter what they thought. Won’t matter in Jax.
The dress rehearsal is June 20 in Tulsa. Expect the Antifa and BLM to be there in riot mode and backed up by thousands of “aggrieved” African Americans and White soy boys.
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