TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is sharply criticizing Jesse Jackson over
comments he made while joining a Capitol protest.
Jackson spent time this week with a group upset with the not
guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. They've refused to leave the
Capitol until Scott calls a special session and asks legislators to overhaul
the state's self-defense laws.
Scott so far has refused the request.
The veteran activist criticized the state as the "Selma
of our time" and made a comparison of Scott to former Alabama Gov. George
Wallace. Selma, Alabama was the site of civil rights protests and clashes with
police during the '60s.
Scott in a release blasted Jackson's comments as
"reckless" and "divisive." He says that Jackson should
apologize for his remarks, which he also called insulting.
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