Ah, the Deep South strikes again. As fiery debates over so-called “Bathroom Bills” rages nationwide in the aftermath of North Carolina’s passing of HB2 – including recent statements from GOP presidential hopefuls encouraging transpeople to urinate at home and “not intrude upon the rights of others” – an Alabama town isn’t mincing …
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GOP Governor who campaigned heavily against same-sex marriage and LGBT rights Caught on camera admitting infidelity, says he won’t resign Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, a Republican who campaigned heavily on “family values” and pledged to fight “tooth and nail” against same-sex marriage following the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, says …
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Monday evening Mayor Todd Strange of Montgomery, Alabama said that city officials along with the Montgomery Police Department would begin their own investigation into the Feb. 25 officer-involved shooting death of Gregory Gunn. The officer was arrested and charged with murder last Wednesday. Gunn, an unarmed 59-year-old black man with …
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The former Alabama state trooper known for telling a female victim of a car crash, “Fuck me or go to jail,” has been given a light sentence after taking a plea deal. Samuel McHenry, 36, was indicted for rape and oral sodomy after the State Bureau of Investigations concluded there …
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Two days ago Montgomery police officer Aaron Smith was arrested for murder after state investigators determined there was enough evidence that the man he shot and killed last week was not a threat to the officer. District Attorney Daryl Bailey stated that the arrest was made because they had determined …
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The officer who shot and killed Greg Gunn in Montgomery, Alabama last Thursday has been arrested on murder charges, reports say. Montgomery County district Attorney Daryl Bailey announced Wednesday afternoon that the MPD officer, 23-year-old Aaron “AC” Smith was held by the State Bureau of Investigations and released shortly …
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The officially-released facts in the killing of Greg Gunn last Thursday morning in Montgomery, Alabama are few and sometimes contradictory. One certainty is that no answer has been given as to what led at least one police officer to shoot this unarmed 59-year-old black resident of the Mobile Heights neighborhood five …
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Next in tonight’s lethal force double feature, we turn to Montgomery, Alabama for the death of 59-year old black man, Greg Gunn, shot and killed at around 3:20 Thursday morning outside of his neighbor’s home on his own street for simply appearing to be “suspicious”. In contrast to the officer-involved …
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Alabama state trooper Samuel McHenry will appear before a Butler County judge next week in a preliminary hearing March 3rd. 36-year-old McHenry was arrested and fired in early December 2015 after the State Bureau of Investigations confirmed that there was truth to the allegations of his accuser, a woman who …
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Houston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeffrey Lee Schulmerich, 51, a former Dothan police officer on Valentine’s Day and charged him with felony aggravated stalking. According to Sheriff’s Capt. Antonio Gonzalez, deputies served Schulmerich with a felony warrant on Sunday for a previous event that did not happen on Valentine’s …
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Carl Nathan Weeks Jr., 33, a former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy was arrested by the State Bureau of Investigation on three charges of sexual abuse involving minors. A grand jury later indicted Weeks on six total counts of sexual abuse including one account of rape. Weeks is a current member of …
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Looking to convince themselves of their own relevancy, the KKK dropped recruitment fliers on the doors of residents in Mobile, Alabama saying “The blacks have NAACP, the Mexicans have La Raza, the Jews have JDL, and white people have the KKK.” Via Huffington Post: Messages stuffed inside sandwich bags, which …
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In what has been described as “an absolutely unreasonable shooting” by legal experts, a new video has been released showing the final moments of Cameron Massey before he was fatally shot by officers from the town of Eufala, Alabama. Massey, 26 and unarmed, is seen in the video sitting in …
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In blatant violation of federal court rulings, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has asked all probate judges to maintain Alabama’s same-sex marriage ban by denying marriage licenses. Six months ago a Supreme Court decision rendered the ban illegal, yet Roy Moore has continued to ignore federal law. VOX explores …
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The victim, Mercutio Southall was wearing a #blacklivesmatter T-shirt to the event in Birmingham, AL…
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