JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Aug. 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * On Saturday, August 26, a gunman opened fire at a Jacksonville General Dollar store in a racially-motivated attack, killing three Black Jacksonville residents. This horrific incident comes a day prior to the 63rd anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, the day a racially-motivated attack in Jacksonville brutally injured 48 Black residents and terrorized the entire   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: At a meeting at the White House today attended by President Biden and Vice President Harris held in the wake of this weekend's 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington and the hate-fueled racist attack in Jacksonville, Florida, leaders from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) joined with the King family, Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders in urging the Administration to remain full  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2023: * * * ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the following statement regarding the mass shooting today in Jacksonville, Florida: "ADL is aware of a mass shooting in Jacksonville, FL, believed to be motivated by anti-Black racism with three fatalities, all of whom are Black. A gunman opened fire in a local dollar store in a predominantly Black neighborhood after reportedly being spotted by secu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2023: * * * Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King, III, Arndrea Waters King, and Jonathan Greenblatt released the following statement today regarding the racist mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida: "While thousands of people from all walks of life -- Black, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, White, Latino, Sikh, Hindu, LGBTQ+, young and old -- marched today in our nation's capital for the 60th anniversary o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * Three people were murdered tragically in a mass shooting that took place at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26, 2023. * * * In response to this tragic and senseless shooting, John C. Yang, Advancing Justice | AAJC's President and Executive Director issues the following statement: "As thousands of people from the Black, Asian, Latino, Pacific Islander  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2023: * * * Today, three people were killed at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, in what law enforcement described as a racially motivated shooting. Brady, the national gun violence prevention organization, released the following statement: Kris Brown, president of Brady, said: "As we've seen time and time again, hate combined with easy access to firearms is an incredib  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Florida chapter today called on political leaders to stop "tolerating, embracing and emboldening" supremacist ideology nationwide after a deadly "racially motivated" mass shooting in Florida. A white man fatally shot three people inside a Jacksonville, F  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Aug. 28 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: * * * Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond * * * The Florida chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statements in response to a hate-motivated shooting yesterday at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida. While details are still emerging, reports confirm that three  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2023: * * * Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida today: "In the face of yet another heinous act fueled by hatred, our hearts are heavy and our spirits are tested, but our resolve is renewed. Today, as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2023: * * * Calls on Federal Authorities to Intervene * * * On Saturday, a white supremacist shot and killed three Black people in a targeted attack at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, before killing himself. Law enforcement officials said the assailant "hated Black people" and used a Glock gun and AR-15 rifle, one of which was painted with a swastika. * * * LDF President & Directo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association issued the following agency statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * "On the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the day, which started with a remembrance of the work remaining to achieve Dr. King's dream for racial and social equity, ended in tragedy. This past Saturday afternoon on August 26, 2023, according to news reports, an individual armed with a handgun and an AR-15-style rifle that bore white supremacist  more

HARLEM, New York, Aug. 29 -- The National Action Network issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement on the racially motivated shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Fl. The "The shooting in Jacksonville appears to be a hate crime. The shooter appears to have been blocked from entering an HBCU, so he decided to open fire at a Dollar General while we were marching aga  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 29 -- The National Black Nurses Association issued the following statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) released a statement following the racially motivated shooting in Jacksonville, FL that ended the lives of three people. The NBNA is saddened by the recent senseless, racially motivated, hate-fueled murders of three innocent Black Americans in Jacksonville, Florida. The tragic murders of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Jo  more