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Residents press council on jail funding, JSO accountability, Brentwood morgue and call for Gaza ceasefire
Summary
During public comment, dozens of speakers urged the council to stop plans for a billion-dollar jail, demanded accountability for deaths and alleged cover-ups at the jail, called for repurposing a forensic lab and morgue in Brentwood, and urged the council to pass a ceasefire resolution regarding Gaza.
A lengthy public-comment period at the council meeting featured repeated themes: opposition to a proposed billion-dollar new jail, calls for accountability after recent deaths in the Duval County Jail, demands to repurpose a forensic lab and morgue in the Brentwood neighborhood, and demands that the council rescind a prior resolution supporting Israel and adopt a ceasefire resolution.
Multiple speakers criticized Jacksonville Sheriff's Office handling of in-custody deaths, repeatedly citing the death of Charles Faggart. Several relatives and community members said they had not been contacted by JSO and disputed initial JSO statements about fentanyl or seizures; the family of Charles Faggart told the council a medical…
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