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frank reid, bishop frank reid, bishop at the african methodist church in jacksonville, florida. bishop read, thank you for being with us. you and i go back decades in this kind of more. the mayor of jacksonville pointed out that the shooting came on the five year anniversary of another shooting at a gaming tournament in the city. yesterday s gunman was inspired by that 2018 shooting. all right we were marching against hate and washington yesterday. to start with your support and blessings on the march, tell me how the community in jacksonville is doing? i saw that two pairs are taking place today. how are people coping with this tragedy? people are coping through prayer. through supporting one another in positive conversations, and
in planning. planning for where we go from here? to use doctor king s fourth and final book that he wrote. seeing the chaos as an opportunity to redeem the soul not only on florida but to redeem the signal of america. the jacksonville sheriff has said that the 21-year-old shooter intended to kill black people. the shooting comes just a day before the 63rd anniversary of jacksonville s most infamous racist incident. known as ex handle saturday. it also comes at a time when there is been a considerable debate surrounding the teaching of black history in florida schools. now, in my capacity as the action network, i ve come to the state to demonstrate against changes being made to the curriculum. which you supported as the bishop, roofs and homes had
the national mall cannot co exist along the nightmare that unfolded yesterday afternoon in florida. joining me now, congresswoman ayanna pressley, democrat of massachusetts. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. i must begin tonight with your reaction to the races smashing in jacksonville. as we mentioned, it left three black people dead. police say the gunman was very active posting anti black in antisemitic sentiments and the massacre is now being investigated as a federal hate crime. president biden, who will be meeting with the eking family and civil rights leaders on tomorrow or on the 16th anniversary of the march on washington put out a statement this afternoon saying white supremacy has no place in america. for his part, florida governor ron desantis also said this
to gather, we want to put together a plan. rooted and player and so we can cast out this systemic demon of white supremacy. i committed to doing. just give me the details. one last question. jacksonville county sheriff s office said that there was not a red flag that could have come up to stop the shooter from purchasing guns. it appears they purchased and possess guns legally. we ve seen many local leaders like yourself speaking out. and i will be talking to more faith leaders in the coming days. i delivered a sermon today at howard university against dressing the tragedy. your thoughts on what can be done to curb the violence we witnessed yesterday. calling on faith leaders to do it. we have to ask not only a