jefferson county
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Long Lines for Black Voters Anticipated as Kentucky Cuts More than 95 Percent of Polling Places Ahead of Its Democratic Primary
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this spring, voting rights advocates have voiced concern over the country’s ability to operate free and fair elections. Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Kentucky, which will be running its most anticipated Democratic primary in years with only a sliver of in-person polling locations available. Instead of the typical…
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Racists Ruin a Perfectly Good 'For Sale' Sign With Racial Slur
All a Jefferson County, Ala., couple was trying to do was sell a damn house, but in what’s become an everyday occurrence in Trump’s America, racism wouldn’t let them be great. From AL.com: An interracial Jefferson County couple was shocked to find one of their realty company signs defaced Wednesday morning with a racial slur.…
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Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Marshae Jones, the Alabama Woman Who Caught a Case When She Lost Her Unborn Baby After Getting Shot in a Fight
Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman who was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of her fetus after she got shot during a fight, will not be prosecuted, the district attorney overseeing the case said Wednesday. Jones’ arrest last week sparked national outcry from activists concerned about the rights of pregnant women in states…
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Marshae Jones’ Attorney Files Motion to Dismiss Manslaughter Charge; DA Responds to Criticism
Lawyers for Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman charged with manslaughter after her unborn baby was shot and killed in utero, filed a motion to dismiss the case on Monday morning, calling the indictment against her “unreasonable, unfounded, and unjust.” High-profile Alabama defense attorney Mark White took up Jones’ case, the Montgomery Advertiser reports, and issued…
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Majority-White City Hopes to Leave Its Majority-Black School District
Gardendale, Ala., is a majority-white city that happens to be located in the mostly black Jefferson County school district … however, residents are pushing to change that. According to NPR, voters in Gardendale raised property taxes on themselves several years ago in an attempt to form their own independent school district. Gardendale Mayor Stan Hogeland…
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Ala. Woman Indicted in Beating Death of 1-Year-Old by 8-Year-Old Boy
An Alabama woman whose daughter was beaten to death while she was out with a friend clubbing has been indicted, the Associated Press reports. Katerra Lewis, 27, is now facing charges of reckless manslaughter in the case involving her 1-year-old daughter, Kelci Lewis, who was beaten to death, prosecutors say, by an 8-year-old boy after…