Jacksonville, Florida: Community activist arrested ahead of DeSantis news conference

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Trespassing at a public news conference in a public building? The lawyers will have a field day with this one!

Community activist arrested ahead of DeSantis news conference
“This is a public building, and we don’t intend on moving,” the activist, Ben Frazier, told DeSantis’ aides.

4 January 2022

Ben Frazier, a Jacksonville community activist, was arrested and escorted away from a government building where Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to host a news conference on Tuesday. The confrontation started when DeSantis aides asked those present for the news conference at the Florida Department of Health building in Duval County to show media credentials. The event was open only to credentialed journalists, they said. Frazier, 71, and a small group of citizens did not have credentials, but refused to leave the room. The disagreement between DeSantis staffers — who kept asking Frazier and his group to leave — and ...

Community activist arrested ahead of DeSantis news conference

“This is a public building, and we don’t intend on moving,” the activist, Ben Frazier, told DeSantis’ aides.

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Jacksonville activist handcuffed, kicked out of Gov. DeSantis press conference
Frazier told staffers trying to remove non-media members that he was there to hold DeSantis, whom he called an "enemy of the public," accountable.

4 January 2022

A Jacksonville community activist was handcuffed and given a citation for trespassing after warning ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' scheduled news conference at the Duval County Department of Health Tuesday morning. Northside Coalition Founder Ben Frazier told DeSantis' staff members who were trying to remove anyone who is not a member of the media that he and other community members were present to hold the governor, whom he called an "enemy of the public," accountable. Jacksonville Sheriff's Officers on site placed Frazier in handcuffs and put him in the back of a JSO patrol car. UPDATE: 'It's absolutely appalling:' ...

Jacksonville activist handcuffed, kicked out of Gov. DeSantis press conference

Frazier told staffers trying to remove non-media members that he was there to hold DeSantis, whom he called an "enemy of the public," accountable.

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