After community organizer Phelicia Jones uninvited her from a rally, aunt of police shooting victim Keita O'Neil crashes event, heckles mayor.
April Green, the aunt of SFPD shooting victim Keita O'Neil, crashed today's Tyre Nichols event after being invited and then disinvited from speaking by organizer Phelicia Jones. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnanand have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.
“What about my nephew, Keita ‘Icky’ O’Neil?” Green shouted, evoking her nephew’s nickname, alongside supporters with megaphones.“You’re not even taking care of your own city.” O’Neil’s family is in the middle of such a criminal justice process, but it is not clear whether city leaders praising the goings-on in Memphis are supportive of that process here in San Francisco.
Texts between Green and Jones, obtained by Mission Local, show that Jones told Green she could not speak at the event because of her support for former DA Boudin. Green had requested to speak alongside the city figures and other family members of victims of local police violence, but was ultimately told to sit out.
Green asked: “Black men have been murdered by SF policemen and need you to stand with them … You stand with a Black man in another state but not your own city?”In her own address Wednesday morning, Jones preached unity, and more than once called on the community to “come together.” “Black men have been murdered by SF policemen and need you to stand with them … You stand with a Black man in another state but not your own city?”Struggling to keep the audience’s attention, Jones began shouting to the press: “Don’t take pictures of her! Don’t take pictures of her!” Several people in the audience told Green to quiet down, saying she was being disrespectful of the ceremony, which was in honor of Nichols.
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