Protesters Decry Deaths of Men in Police Custody
About 200 people chanting “No justice, no peace” marched through Jacksonville to protest the deaths of two black men in police custody. On the steps of the sheriff’s office, civil rights leaders and ministers called for the creation of a citizen’s review board to investigate police brutality.
The neck of Sammie Lee Evans, 49, was broken as police tried to arrest him on Dec. 3 for possession of an open container of alcohol outside his home. In the other death, Ezra Jones, 29, suffered a heart attack while in restraints on Dec. 5. Jones, who was homeless, had been arrested for blocking a public sidewalk.
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