To: Melissa Nelson, State Attorney
Justice for the Jax 5
Demand Duval County State Attorney Melissa Nelson drop all charges being used to criminalize the Jacksonville protesters who were victims of police brutality.
Why is this important?
Freedom of speech is becoming even more of a crime under Trump’s reign. This weekend during an anti-Syrian war protest, a Trump supporter antagonized peaceful protesters, storming the speakers’ platform and physically assaulting them to start a fight. Instead of helping, four police officers, tackled and brutalized Connell Crooms, one of the only Black protesters, and hit him so hard they knocked out his hearing aid. Bystander video footage shows officers beating him while he flailed helplessly and handcuffed on the ground. One officer punched Connell five times while other officers pinned him down.