DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims
CBSN
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racially-motivated attack in America -- this one the killing of three Black people in Florida by a White, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like "the diary of a madman."
Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis - who is running for the GOP nomination for president and has loosened gun laws in Florida and antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding "wokeness" -- was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.
