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The
hate
crime
that
left
three
Black
people
dead
inside
a
Jacksonville,
Florida
Dollar
General
store
hurt
many
of
us
in
not
only
a
human
way
but
a
historical
one
as
well.
The
shooter
intentionally
targeted
Black
bodies
for
death
and
news
of
the
bloody
tragedy
took
us
back
to
a
time
when
our
lynching
and
mutilation
was
a
fairly
common
occurrence
in
that
particular
part
of
the
United
States.
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Sean
Rayford
/
Getty
Unfortunately,
the
cowardly
shooter
killed
himself
before
he
could
be
arrested
and
forced
to
stand
trial
in
front
of
a
judge
and
jury.
We
could
care
less
about
his
life,
however,
with
his
death
comes
the
removal
of
any
chance
for
true
justice.
That
said,
there
are
still
other
parties
responsible
for
the
lives
lost
and
the
families
plan
to
see
that
they
are
addressed
in
no
uncertain
terms.
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Washington
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According
to
an
ABCNews
report,
the
surviving
family
members
of
the
victims,
Angela
Carr,
Jerrald
Gallion,
and
A.J.
Laguerre,
have
filed
a
lawsuit
against
the
store’s
landlord,
operator,
and
security
contractor
for
negligence.
They
believe
that
the
lax
security
measures
were
part
and
parcel
to
the
racist
shooter’s
ability
to
open
fire
in
the
store
unimpeded.
For
those
who
don’t
remember,
Ryan
Palmeter,
the
killer,
was
stopped
at
two
other
locations
before
he
found
a
store
where
he
did
not
get
any
resistance
from
a
security
guard.
This
tenet
is
stated
explicitly
in
the
families’
suit.
“While
Palmeter
was
deterred
from
harming
the
public
at
his
two
preceding
stops,
at
this
Dollar
General,
there
was
nothing
in
place
to
again
deter
Palmeter
from
attacking
and
killing
innocent
persons,”
the
families’
lawsuit
said.
The
filing
goes
on
the
say
that
all
administrative
and
operational
entities
should
have
been
more
conscious
of
the
violence
surrounding
their
store
even
before
the
fatal
shooting
took
place
as
the
property
has
been
the
scene
of
other
shootings,
robberies,
burglaries,
and
drug
trafficking
recently.
It
was
not
publicly
stated
what
damages
the
families
are
seeking
nor
how
much,
however,
we
will
be
publishing
that
information
as
it
becomes
available.
