Looks like 2J’s is climbing back aboard the race-baiting express. The comparison to former Alabama Governor, George Wallace, had to come with full DOJ/Eric Holder approval. Vivian Malone-Jones (the young black lady who was the center of the George Wallace issue) is Eric Holder’s sister-in-law.
The entire fiasco set up in Tallahassee Florida is race-baiting ridiculous in the extreme.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday demanded an apology from longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for comparing the state’s struggle with the Trayvon Martin case to the civil rights clashes with police during the 1960s in Selma, Ala.
Jackson spent the night with protesters upset that George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin. They’ve refused to leave the Capitol until Scott calls a special session to have legislators overhaul the state’s self-defense laws.
Jackson called Florida the “Selma of our time” and even compared Scott to former Alabama Gov. George Wallace. While he was governor, Wallace famously stood in the door at the University of Alabama to try to block the entry of two black students.
Scott so far has refused the request and the protest has dragged on for more than two weeks. The protesters have gotten national media attention and won support from celebrities such as entertainer Harry Belafonte and others who have urged people to boycott Florida.
Scott in a release blasted Jackson’s comments as “reckless” and “divisive” and said that he should apologize to residents.
“It is unfortunate that he would come to Florida to insult Floridians and divide our state at a time when we are striving for unity and healing,” Scott said. (read more)
Tallahassee.com – Demonstrators, now on their third week occupying the Florida Capitol, staged a “people’s session” Tuesday in the old Senate chambers of the historic Capitol and were joined by civil-rights activist Jesse Jackson.
Jackson joined youth delegates as they outlined several joint resolutions declaring their own session and setting several days in remembrance of those who have been affected by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and racial profiling.
Dream Defenders activists have demanded Gov. Rick Scott call a special session of the Legislature to address the state’s Stand Your Ground law. Scott has consistently said he supports the 2005 change to self-defense statutes and will not call a special session.
Jackson traveled from Miami to the Capitol to join what he called a “redemptive struggle,” arriving just before noon in a suit and tie, but then opting for a black Dream Defenders T-shirt that has become a symbol of the protest.
“In late years Florida has shown such resistance to changes that made the new South,” Jackson said noting the advancements in civil rights that came about in the 1960s.
Jackson — who worked for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., founded civil-rights groups PUSH and the National Rainbow Coalition, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 — said he intended to stay with the activists overnight.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported Capitol police overtime costs providing security during the protest total $84,675 through Monday. FDLE officials said, as part of daily updates, that 17 demonstrators remained in the Capitol overnight Monday.
After Scott said he would not call a special session, protesters said discussions surrounding Florida’s self-defense law, racial profiling zero-tolerance policies and the school-to-prison pipeline are being addressed so that when Scott decides to call a special session, the hard work has been done.
They contend that Miami teen Trayvon Martin, whose killer George Zimmerman was acquitted of his death July 13, was a victim of racial profiling and “because of the state’s skewed legislative priorities, his killer faced no criminal consequences,” said Jabari Mickles during the proclamation of a mock special session (link)