Call to Action: March for Justice4DJBroadus - Macclenny, Florida- April 21st!!!

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Call to Action: March for Justice4DJBroadus - Macclenny, Florida- April 21st!!!


Local and national organizations along with the family of Dominic Jerome “DJ” Broadus II will hold ‘March for Justice in Baker County (https://drive.google.com/open?id=14_z4cvsPTEVFPShxgSmRfB-pmyFJHyq3)’ to demand justice for DJ on Saturday, April 21st at 2:30 pm EDT.

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March starts from:
Emmanuel Church of God in Christ
450 S 8th Street (https://maps.google.com/?q=450+S+8th+St&entry=gmail&source=g)
Macclenny, FL (Baker County) (https://maps.google.com/?q=450+S+8th+Street+Macclenny,+FL+(Baker+County&entry=gmail&source=g)

March will proceed to:
Baker County Courthouse
339 E Macclenny Ave (https://maps.google.com/?q=339+E+Macclenny+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g)
Macclenny, FL (Baker County) (https://maps.google.com/?q=339+E+Macclenny+Ave+Macclenny,+FL+(Baker+County&entry=gmail&source=g)

A rally will be held at the courthouse from 3:15 pm-4:00 pm EDT. The march will return to Emmanuel Church of God and conclude with a vigil for DJ at 4:30 pm.

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On February 3, 2018, Dominic Jerome “D.J.” Broadus II, 31 years old, was executed and Gardner Kent Fraser of Macclenny, Florida was questioned by law enforcement and despite overwhelming evidence that Fraser shot Broadus in the face at least three times at close range there have still been no arrests or charges filed against Fraser. Gardner Fraser is the son of Ryan T. Fraser, fired Jacksonville Police Officer and former Baker County Sheriff.


Not only has no arrest been made, DJ’s family has received very little information about the status of the investigation, which has been taken over by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The FDLE has not been transparent in their investigation and has not provided a timetable for charges to be pressed in DJ’s death. Activists and community organizations in Florida and across the country believe that the FDLE and Baker County Sheriff Departments are covering up the execution to protect the well-connected Fraser Family.

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2:00 - 2:30 Gather at Emmanuel Church of God in Christ (ECGC)
2:30 - 3:15 March to Baker County Courthouse
3:15 - 4:00 Demand Justice for DJ Broadus, II
4:00 - 4:30 Return march to Emmanuel Church of God in Christ
4:30 - 5:00 Prayer Vigil for DJ Broadus, II

Schedule of events may change slightly as we approach the April 21 date; however the march start time of 2:30 will remain fixed.

Please wear red and/or white shirts, also Justice4DJBroadus t-shirts available on site to those who make a donation of least $20 to the Justice4DJBroadus legal expense fund.

Bring your Justice4DJBroadus signs or make one at the ECGC pre-march staging area on April 21, between 2:00 - 2:30.

Follow #Justice4DJBroadus on Facebook for more information. (https://www.facebook.com/Justice4DJBroadus/)

Thank you for your support!

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Black community in Baker County marches for justice (https://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=729556536a&e=d323598fe4)

http://www.fightbacknews.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article-lead-photo/BakerCTmarch.jpeg

By staff

MacClenny, FL - On April 21, around 150 community members and activists, as well as the family of Dominic Broadus II, marched to the Baker County Courthouse to call for justice.

On Feb. 3, Broadus II was found murdered execution-style with three bullet wounds to his head on property that belongs to the Fraser family, a very powerful family in Baker County. Gardner Fraser, who was well known in MacClenny for his violent behavior, was terminated from North East Florida Hospital for breaking a patient’s jaw. Fraser is the son of a former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Deputy Ryan T. Fraser, who was fired for shooting an unarmed Black man, and then rehired by the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, from which he eventually retired. Ryan T. Fraser, before joining the JSO, was forced to resign after hitting a car, leading to the death of a young woman. Gardner Fraser is also the grandson of Edwin Fraser, who the MacClenny hospital is named after. These connections are the main reason why protesters say there has been no arrest, given how politically connected the main suspect is.

“If the main suspect was Black, that person would already been in jail, but since the killer is white and connected to the sheriff’s department and a politically powerful family, you see this injustice,” said Joshua Parks of the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, one of the march leaders.

Protesters met at the Emmanuel Church of God and Christ and marched to the Baker County Courthouse a mile away, where a rally was held in front. Protesters’ chants included, “All night, all day, we gonna march for DJ,” “No Justice, no peace, Gardner Fraser off the streets,” “All eyes in Baker County,” as well as “Justice for DJ.”

At the courthouse, clergy, other victims’ families and the mother of Dominic Broadus II spoke to the crowd. She thanked everyone for their participation and urged everyone to keep up the fight to get justice for her son.

“This was very constructive,” said Hakeem Balogun, a community member who came from Jacksonville to protest. “The sheriff knows and the people know what is happening and they, the justice system, need to do what’s right before it gets worse for them.”

The community vowed to keep protesting and pressuring the State Attorney William Cervone to file charges against Gardner Fraser as well as rid the Baker County Sheriff’s Department of its racial bigotry, corruption and nepotism.

Be sure to follow the campaign on Facebook at “Justice4DjBroadus” for more updates on the next steps in this important struggle against the national oppression of African Americans in the Deep South.