Fort Worth residents rally behind activist accused in casket incident with mayor

Fort Worth residents packed a city council public comment meeting Tuesday, demanding that Mayor Mattie Parker apologize for comments directed at nonprofit leader and community activist Patrice Jones.

It comes two weeks after the Sept. 30 council meeting, when Parker told Jones, “I have your casket.”

The mayor later explained she was referring to a December 2022 incident where a casket painted with the names of people killed by police was left on the mayor’s lawn…

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