Community members showed up Monday night in protest of Duval County School Board member Tony Ricardo. After one counter-protester’s comments, the meeting erupted in chaos, and leaders asked everyone to leave the chambers. The chaos came seconds after the speaker made tense comments about the Muslim faith.
People began yelling “hate speech” after the counter-protester made comments like, “Muslim cockroaches have invaded the holes of our liberty.” That and several other comments caused nearly a dozen people to leave, saying it was hate speech that should not be allowed.
The man speaking is Edward “Jacob” Lang, a former Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack participant pardoned by President Donald Trump last year. He attended the meeting wearing what looked like a bulletproof vest…