alabama
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'He is Not Guilty…Period': Judge Orders Release of Video in Alabama Mall Shooting
A judge has ordered the release of the body camera footage and surveillance video of a shooting at an Alabama mall, granting the request of the attorney of the man who has been accused in the shooting. According to AL.com, Jefferson County District Judge William A. Bell Jr. issued a brief order granting a request…
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Protesters Are Shutting Down an Alabama Town After a Police Shooting
On Thursday night, parents in Hoover, Ala., couldn’t take their children to the city’s annual Christmas Tree lighting because one group of people are coming into their town to ruin the most wonderful time of year. But instead of lamenting how they were missing out on their yearly tradition, the parents should have been grateful…
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After Cops Refuse to Release Video, Report Reveals E.J. Bradford Shot 3 Times From the Back
Minutes after the police department whose officer allegedly killed Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, Jr. in a Thanksgiving mall shooting, the Bradford family held a press conference disclosing the results of a medical examination that revealed a reality that might have been worse than the initial rumors and suppositions surrounding Bradford’s death. After Hoover, Alabama’s lone black…
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Alleged Alabama Mall Shooter Arrested a Week After Police Killed the Wrong Man
After he evaded capture for a week, police finally arrested the man who allegedly shot two people in an Alabama mall in a Thanksgiving night incident that involved an active shooter, protests, and the death of an innocent man who was accused of being a criminal. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, U.S. Marshalls and South…
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The Last Thanksgiving: E.J. Bradford’s Mother on How Police Stole Her Son’s Life, His Dignity and Her Respect
Never. It means not ever. No more. The word is as immeasurably tiny as “forever” is long and wide, and “never” is also as unending. Forever is a mighty long time… But “never” is even longer. On Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, after a Hoover, Alabama, police officer shot Emantic Bradford Jr. in Hoover’s Riverchase Galleria…
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‘More Racist than Ferguson’: Hoover, Ala., and the Inevitable Death of Emantic Bradford Jr.
While I don’t know who shot Emantic Bradford Jr., I can tell you that his killer works for me. Every time I go to buy groceries, I pay his salary. My property taxes paid for the bullets he fired. And everyone knew it was going to happen. When a Hoover, Ala., police officer shot 21-year-old…
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55 Years Ago, Someone Blamed a Bombing on a Racist Politician
Now, we know. When 19 sticks of dynamite planted by Klansmen exploded inside the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963, killing 11-year old Carol Denise McNair, and 14-year-olds Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and Carole Robertson, it was not the first time white supremacists had bombed a home or place of worship in…
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There Was Another Mass Shooting This Weekend But No One Cares
“Black” is a magical word. Black is an adjective. Black is a noun. It is a verb, an adverb, pronoun, preposition … It is all the parts of speech in one. Yes, “black “ is a magical thing. In America, that simple word can render a thing invisible. It can make a whole human disappear…