Jacksonville City Councilmember Ju’Coby Pittman (D-District 10) is responding to criticism she faced after telling a crowd gathered at a vigil for the three killed in last weekend’s racist shooting to listen to the Governor.
“It ain’t about parties today, because a bullet don’t know a party,” said Pittman at Sunday’s vigil after those in attendance booed Governor Ron DeSantis as he took the podium.
“Let me be clear. The perpetrator alone isn’t responsible for this tragedy. It is also the armchair generals; extreme right-wing politicians who created policies for racists and gun-toting supremacists to thrive,” wrote Pittman. “Let there be no misunderstanding, I do not support any policies that diminish our race and who we are as a people. Nor do I support the Governor’s ideology of building political dynasties at our expense that hurts our black and brown communities.
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