'If a person says ‘I don’t like the elderly.’ Well, working in a nursing home may not be the best place to put them,' one local pastor said.
Sgt. Doug Howell, who previously worked in JSO’s gang unit, got a new assignment patrolling the Northside following a months-long internal investigation.
One of the tweets from an account associated with the JSO sergeant says: “America’s three biggest problems: 1) Marijuana abuse 2) Marijuana abuse 3) Black people.” That tweet was published in 2013. According to this internal affairs report, Howell admitted to posting numerous racist and disparaging remarks on social media, about Black people, Mexicans and members of the LGBTQ community.Griffin had this request for Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters.
Pastors said they also want to know what proactive steps JSO is taking to stop this kind of narrative from being posted online again.
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