Day: October 8, 2024

  • City Council is selective about remembering crime victims

    City Council is selective about remembering crime victims

    There’s a strange, one-sided approach to memorials in Jacksonville. The City Council approved a memorial for Johnnie Mae Chappell, who was shot and killed on Soutel Road 60 years ago. They also approved one near a Dollar General store where several people were slain. In those cases, the victims had black skin and the perpetrators…