Police remove protesters from Florida Gov. Desantis’ briefing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– Police in Florida removed a handful of community activists from a news conference with Gov. Ron Desantis on Tuesday after the group demanded to challenge the governor’s coronavirus policies.

A live video feed of the confrontation showed police handcuffing a protester and leading the rest of the group away after they refused to leave a state Health Department building in Jacksonville where the governor was set to hold a briefing.

“The governor is afraid to meet with the people,” said Ben Frazier, president and founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, as an officer handcuffed him. “When it comes to public welfare, this governor does not care.”

Frazier was taken away in the back of a police cruiser, according to a First Coast News reporter at the news conference.