Activists demand Jacksonville City Council reinstate Safer Together committee

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Photo taken extracurricular Jacksonville City Hall connected Oct. 26, 2021.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Community Action Committee connected Tuesday day joined unneurotic with different section organizations for a rally, demanding the Jacksonville City Council reinstate its “Safer Together” committee.

The rally extracurricular City Hall comes aft Council President Sam Newby sent a enactment to Council members, which said that the enactment of the Safer Together committee was complete.

“No,no, don’t hesitate, reinstate!”

Community activists are rallying extracurricular City Hall for reinstatement of the Safer Together committee. They accidental they request “police accountability now.” The committee was removed past week by metropolis council. @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/T7xFUl4ICO

— Brie Isom (@BrieIsomWJXT) October 26, 2021

Members of the Jacksonville Northside Coalition, including its president, Ben Frazier, were portion of the rally.

“The enactment is not done. The enactment for this committee is overmuch needed and necessary,” Frazier said.

Frazier and galore others spoke successful favour of the committee during the Tuesday City Council meeting.

“We privation change, but however bash you found change? Number one: You request accountability crossed the board,” said Carnell Oliver, a Jacksonville resident.

The committee was organized successful 2020 arsenic a mode to span the spread of spot and amended relationships betwixt the constabulary and the community.

One person, Seber Newsome -- a Yulee nonmigratory -- said helium supported the determination to extremity the committee.

“I applaud to the 2 City Council members that said the Safer Together comittee was done,” helium said.

Councilwoman Joyce Morgan led the Safer Together committee with Councilman Michael Boylan.

Before Newby sent the enactment to Council members, Boylan announced his resignation from the committee. It followed a heated speech of the possible implementation of a Citizens Review Board. Boylan said astir of the radical who person been progressive successful workshops bash not spot instrumentality enforcement and that helium didn’t spot a existent way guardant for tangible change.