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A Cop Killed EJ Bradford in an Alabama Mall and Someone Will Finally Face Jail Time—the Protesters
Seven months after protests shut down the Alabama mall where a police officer shot and killed EJ Bradford, prosecutors are seeking justice against the troublemakers who disturbed the way of life in the idyllic southern suburb… The people who were protesting. On Nov. 22, 2018, a police officer in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Hoover…
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Alabama Attorney General Releases Video, Rules Police Shooting of Emantic Bradford Jr. Was Justified
A medical examiner determined that Emantic “EJ” Bradford Jr. was shot three times by a police officer while running away. Bradford was licensed to carry a concealed weapon. A newly released video appears to confirm that Bradford was running away when he was shot and killed in the Riverchase Galleria Mall on Nov. 22, 2018.…
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Black D.A. Kicked Off Alabama Mall Shooting Investigation Because of Old Facebook Photo
As protests cripple the affluent Alabama town where a police officer shot and killed a black man on Thanksgiving night, the state’s attorney general has taken over the investigation, removing the first black man to serve as district attorney in the state’s largest county. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sent a letter to Jefferson County…
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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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Say No Mo', Where Is Video?: The Assassination of E.J. Bradford
ASSASSINATE: transitive verb 1: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons; a plot to assassinate the governor 2: to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously; assassinate a man’s character; “While, in life, he may not have fit the definition of a “prominent person,” the sudden theft of…
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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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Alabama Cops Kill 21-Year-Old After They Say He Opened Fire in a Mall. Now They Say He Didn’t
There was no “maybe.” When the Hoover, Ala., police department explained why one of their officers shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. in an Alabama mall on Thursday night, they didn’t say “maybe.” They said they knew their brave officer had stopped an active shooter. They did not equivocate. They told the world…