MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Montgomery, a city where more than half the population is black and known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected an African American to the highest position in municipal government for the first time in its 200-year history. Advertisements
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36 years in prison: Alabama man serving life sentence for stealing $50 from a bakery set for release
An Alabama man who was serving a life sentence for stealing $50 will be released in the next few days — after spending 36 years behind bars. Alvin Kennard was 22 years in 1983 when a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Now, thanks to another judge’s curiosity, the 58-year-old…
Alabama Mall Security Responds to Accusation of Racial Profiling by Letting K-9 Attack Black Teen, Now the Mall is Facing a Lawsuit
An Alabama mall is being sued for $25,000 after a security guard’s K-9 unit bit a Black teenager several times in an incident the plaintiffs describe as a racially motivated attack. On Monday, attorneys for four young African-American men announced a lawsuit against The Shoppes at Bel Air mall in Mobile alleging racial harassment,…
Pregnant Black woman gets shot but faces manslaughter charge as her shooter goes free
An Alabama woman whose unborn baby died after she was shot in the stomach is being blamed for causing the death of her baby while the shooter has been set free. It’s an unusual case that 27-year-old Marshae Jones now has to face after a Jefferson County grand jury handed down a mansaughter charge on…
Alabama mayor calls for the nationwide execution of ‘homosexuals’ & ‘transvestites’
He said he was just misunderstood and his words were “taken out of context” because he wants immigrants to be killed before LGBTQ people. Mark Chambers Photo: carbonhill.org A small town mayor has come under fire for advocating genocide against LGBTQ people. Mark Chambers is the mayor of Carbon Hill, Alabama, a town with a…
Lawmaker introduces sex offender castration bill in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama lawmaker is calling for convicted sex offenders to pay for their own surgical castration.Steve Hurst, a Republican from Munford, Ala., has introduced a bill that would require sex offenders older than 21 to pay for their own surgical castration before being released from state custody.
