2014 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Begins in Jacksonville
| FBI Jacksonville April 08, 2014 |
Jacksonville community leaders came together to begin National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Monday, April 7, during a press conference at Jacksonville City Hall. Ann Dugger, director of the Justice Coalition, headed the program with addresses from Mayor Alvin Brown and State Attorney Angela Corey, as well as Ron Davis, father of murdered Jacksonville teen Jordan Davis.
“We have to do things in life that are positive because negative behavior will not work,” Davis said, “It just tears the community apart.”
A week of observance continues with a resource fair and luncheon 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville Main Library and a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. on April 10 at Friendship Fountain. For more information, call 1-904-630-7103.
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| Ron Davis speaks during a press conference to begin the 2014 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Jacksonville. |
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| Pictured holding a photo of her late son, Brandon Green, Harriet McNeal (left) bows in prayer during the press conference. Green was shot and killed outside a Jacksonville nightclub last October. The crime remains unsolved. Call First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-8477 (TIPS) with any information. |
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| Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown (at podium) addresses those gathered during the press conference in the atrium of City Hall, backed by leaders from the Jacksonville community, including Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Michelle S. Klimt (right). |