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In Jacksonville, Florida, another tragic racially-motivated attack unfolded over the weekend, leaving three Black people dead and a community in mourning. The assailant is a 21-year-old white man named Ryan Palmeter.

The incident from Saturday afternoon once again highlights the deep-seated issue of hate-fueled violence in the United States.

Keep reading to find moving photos from Jacksonville as the northern Florida city heals from deadly white supremacist terror.

The victims of the mass shooting at a Dollar General store were employee Anolt Joseph “A.J.” Laguerre, 19; customer Jerrald Gallion, 29; and Angela Michelle Carr, 52.

According to CBS News, Palmeter managed to obtain guns legally despite a prior involuntary mental health commitment.

It was determined that Palmeter first went to a different dollar store before leaving as security approached. He then drove to nearby Edward Waters University, Florida’s oldest historically Black college, where students spotted him putting on tactical gear like an armored vest. The students quickly notified campus security, which managed to chase Palmeter off campus only for him to ultimately arrive at the Dollar General store about half a mile away to carry out his racist carnage.

Source: Pray For Jacksonville: Moving Photos Show Florida Healing From Deadly White Supremacist Violence

By Victor Omondi

A 15-year-old from Waukegan, Illinois, was indicted with a shooting that occurred miles away from where he was, but police allegedly bribed him to admit that he committed the crime. He claims that the police bribed him using fast food from the famous McDonald’s. His family is now demanding an explanation.

Following his acquittal in the February 4 shooting of a Dollar Store employee, Martell Williams’ family sought a public apology on Monday (Feb. 21). Officers pressured him to confess in exchange for a McDonald’s lunch while he was in custody, he claims.

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According to Chicago station WGN, Williams’ family and attorney attended a press conference in front of the Waukegan Police Department. A family member argued that the police “need to apologize and say he didn’t do this.”

Williams was taken from class and escorted to his school’s dean’s office on Feb. 16. “And once I reached her office, there were two police officers. As soon as I got in, they didn’t tell me nothing, say nothing to me. They just said, ‘You’re under arrest,’ ” Williams said.

“Try to bribe him with McDonald’s saying, ‘look. Just tell us you were there.’ They don’t even tell him about a shooting. ‘Just tell us you were there and we’ll have you home in ten minutes,’” stated Williams’ attorney, Kevin O’Conno.

Williams spent two nights in the Lake County Juvenile Detention Center after being charged with attempted murder and aggravated violence.

However, the case against him quickly disintegrated. On the night of the shooting, the freshman’s family produced a time-stamped photograph proving he was playing basketball for his high school in Lincolnshire.

Officials deleted Williams’ record, said O’Connor, but they should also apologize publicly. “This is a continuing and ongoing problem. The Department of Justice has been here, yet this is still going on, where there are false confessions brought in,” he stated.

In a separate incident, a Black Ohio man is pursuing charges against an unidentified woman who falsely accused him of possessing a gun at a parking lot in Ravenna, Ohio, where he was waiting for a job training meeting to begin.

On Thursday (Aug. 13) Darren Cooper arrived at the Portage County Job and Family Services building parking lot to attend a 9 a.m. training session. Suddenly, his car was swarmed by police officers, who ordered him to put his hands up after an unidentified woman called police from a dentist’s office across the street and said a man was sitting in a black Mustang with a gun.

Source: Teen Claims Police Bribed Him with McDonald’s into Confession, Demands a Public Apology