OVER MEANING THERE COULD BE MORE ARRESTS TIED TO THIS CASE REPORTING LIVE IN CLAY COUNTY
ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: THANK YOU ERIC
JACKSONVILLE’S 3 TOP LEADERS
ADDRESSING THE RECENT SURGE IN
CRIME TODAY NEWS 4 JAX SAT DOWN
WITH THE MAYOR STATE ATTORNEYS
AND SHERIFF TO ASK ABOUT THE
CITY’S
VIOLENT TREND.
>>TOM WILLS: BY OUR COUNT THERE
HAVE BEEN 148 HOMICIDES SO FAR
THIS YEAR AND
466 PEOPLE SHOT
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ON PACE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY SURPASSED LAST
YEAR’S TOTALS. OUR NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTERS ARE COVERING THESE
TROUBLING FIGURES AND NOW THE
COMMUNITY IS REACTING WE BEGIN
WITH VIC MICOLUCCI
WHO SPOKE WITH THE 3 LEADERS
AND IS JOINING US LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN VICK.
>> AND TOM AND MARY
THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE NUMBERS
ARE STAGGERING AND DOWNRIGHT
DISTURBING BUT
THEY SAY JACKSONVILLE IS NOT
THE WILD WILD WEST. IN FACT
MOST OF THE STREETS ARE SAFE.
THERE ARE JUST A FEW PEOPLE
BEHIND A LOT OF THE VIOLENT
CRIMES AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
EXAMPLES, 9 VIOLENT CRIMINALS
WHO THEY SAY ARE BEHIND MORE
THAN A DOZEN HOMICIDES. MOST
LIKELY MANY MORE.
>> A SURGE
IN VIOLENCE IN JACKSONVILLE
STREETS FROM NORTHWEST JAX
TO ARLINGTON HOMICIDES AND
SHOOTINGS ARE UP ACROSS THE
BOARD IN 2020 VERY VERY
>> BUT WE HAVE TO AS A SHARE OF
STATE ATTORNEYS SAID
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS TODAY, WE
SAT DOWN WITH THE MAYOR STATE
ATTORNEYS AND SHERIFF TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR RESPONSE TO A BLOOD
A YEAR.
>> WE’RE AT A
148 HOMICIDES IN JACKSONVILLE
119 OF THOSE WOULD BE
CONSIDERED MURDERS. AT LEAST
466 PEOPLE SHOTS WE’VE ALREADY.
>> SHATTERED THE RECORD OF THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOT FROM
2019. WHY ARE THE NUMBERS
SO HIGH.
>> NOBODY CAN REALLY PUT THEIR
FINGER ON WHAT’S DRIVING THEM,
BUT YOU’VE
GOT INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD
NATIONWIDE AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE
A 20% INCREASE IN HOMICIDES GOT
ABOUT A 20% INCREASE IN
AGGRAVATED BATTERY. WE’VE GOT A
40% INCREASE. >> IN OVERDOSE DEATHS SINCE TAKING THE HELM, THEY’VE
BROUGHT GUNSHOT DETECTION
TECHNOLOGY BUILT A UNIFIED
GUN CENTER HIRED MORE OFFICERS
TARGETED PROSECUTION FOR
VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND POURED
MONEY INTO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
LIKE CURE VIOLENCE. BUT THE
SHOOTINGS CONTINUE OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT THE WILD
WILD WEST.
>> UNLESS YOU ARE INVOLVED
IN THE DRUG TRADE AROUND THE
DRUG TRADE GANG ACTIVITY AROUND
GANG ACTIVITY. THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU BEING A PART OF. ♪
>> ONE OF THESE MURDERS IS PRETTY LOW. THE SHERIFF ANNOUNCING 8 ARRESTS FROM A
VIOLENT DRUG TRAFFICKING GROUP
ONE REMAINS WANTED.
THEY’RE LINKED TO AT LEAST A
DOZEN RECENT MURDERS, A LOT OF
US WERE OUT THERE AT THESE
CRIME SCENES
IN ARLINGTON.
>> NOBODY WANTED TO TALK TO US
AND IT’S NOT THAT THEY WERE
BEING RUDE IT’S THAT THEY ARE
SCARED TO DEATH
OF RETALIATION.
>> OH YES, IT’S HARD FOR
PROSECUTORS, IT’S
HARD FOR. POLICE OFFICERS WHO
ARE OUT THERE CANVASSING TRYING
TO PUT A CASE TOGETHER WHEN WE
TALK TO PEOPLE AS YOU DO WHEN
YOU GO TO THOSE SCENES AND
PEOPLE SAY DIDN’T
♪
SEE ANYTHING.
>> AND WE KNOW THEY DID.
>> ALSO THIS AFTERNOON, THE SHERIFF, THE STATE ATTORNEY TO AND THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED A GUN
BOUNTY PROGRAM LIKE WHAT
WE HAD. IN YEARS PAST, HERE’S
HOW IT WORKS IF YOU LIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO HAS ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A
FIREARM MAYBE A CONVICTED
FELON WITH A GUN, MAYBE THEY
HAVE A STOLEN GUN, WHATEVER IT
IS YOU CALL FIRST COAST CRIME
STOPPERS AT 1, 8, 6, 6, 8, 4,
5, TIPS YOU GIVE AN
ANONYMOUS TIP. POLICE
INVESTIGATE AND IF THEY MAKE AN
ARREST AND RECOVER
THAT FIREARM YOU GET A $1000.
THEY HOPE THAT WILL HELP
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME
FORWARD TO DO THE
RIGHT THING AND GET SOME OF
THESE CRIMINALS AND OF THE
WEAPONS OFF
THE STREETS. WE’RE LIVE
DOWNTOWN AT CITY HALL OF IT
BECAUSE HE FOR THE
LOCAL STATION. >>MARY BAER: THANK YOU, VIC COMMUNITY LEADERS IN
JACKSONVILLE ARE ALSO
RESPONDING TO THE HIGHER CRIME
RATES IN NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
KELLY WILEY IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE
JAIL. KELLY.
♪
>> AND WE SAT DOWN WITH COMMUNITY LEADER BEEN FRAZIER AFTER BIGS INTERVIEW WITH THOSE
3 LEADERS AND HE TELLS US THAT
HE FEELS ARE NOT GETTING DOWN
TO THE CORE REASON FOR THE
CRIME IN THESE AREAS. HE
BELIEVES IT CENTERS AROUND
POVERTY. NOW ACCORDING TO OUR
COUNT.
PIC IT’S BEEN A 19% INCREASE IN
PEOPLE BEING SHOT IN
JACKSONVILLE FROM THIS TIME
LAST YEAR TO NOW.
ONE THING THAT BEEN FRAZIER DID
RESPOND THAT WAS IN THIS
INTERVIEW WITH BIG WAS.
I’M MELISSA NELSON’S RESPONSE
TO PEOPLE NOT TALKING TO THEM
AT
CRIME SCENES, HE PARTICULARLY
SAID THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY
DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING OR THEY
DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING AND THEY
KNOW THEY DID.
>>JOY PURDY: THAT’S WHAT HE’S
RESPONDING TO HE WRITES.
♪
>> I THINK THAT THAT IS THE
PART OF
THE ISSUE AS ONE OF THE LACK OF
TRUST TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE PART OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALL THE
SURVEYS SHOW. THEN WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO TRUST
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN
JACKSONVILLE, ACCORDING TO
MICHAEL BINDER THE UNIVERSITY
OF
♪
OF ♪ NORTH FLORIDA’S OVER THE CUP
ENGINE BOWL. CLEARLY INDICATE
TO US THAT THERE’S A LACK
OF TRUST. BETWEEN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE WANT
TO TALK TO THE POLICE BECAUSE
THEY DON’T TRUST THE POLICE.
>>JOY PURDY: AND MISTER FRAZIER ALSO TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET TOGETHER
WITH THE SHERIFF, THE MAYOR IN
A STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
HE SAYS THEY’VE HAD MEETINGS
BEFORE AND THE NEXT TIME THEY
MEET THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO WORK
ON THEM WITH
TOGETHER COMING UP AT 1011
WE’RE GOING TO LAY THAT OUT FOR
YOU, REPORTING LIVE IN
JACKSONVILLE KELLY WILEY
CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL STATION.
>>TOM WILLS: KEEP IT ON YOUR MASK THAT’S THE WORD FROM MAYOR CURRY WHO HAS JUST EXTENDED THE
CITY’S MASK MANDATE FOR ANOTHER
30 DAYS,
THE NEW EXPIRATION DATE
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 26TH THE MAYOR’S
EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARES THAT