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Alabama civil rights groups to file public information request for E.J. Bradford footage

Tuesday, the ACLU of Alabama, Alabama NAACP, and the family of E.J. Bradford represented by the Ben Crump Law Firm announced that they were filing a public information request for the release of footage of the shooting of E. J. Bradford by a Hoover Police officer at the Galleria Mall on Thanksgiving night. Alabama Attorney … Continued
February 20, 2019

NAACP calls for DOJ to investigate Hoover police shooting, for officer to resign

Thursday, the Alabama NAACP and ACLU held a joint press conference in which they demanded more information about the shooting of Emantic “E.J” Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. by a Hoover Police Officer at Hoover’s Riverchase Galleria Mall on Thanksgiving night. On Tuesday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced that the shooting of Bradford, who was … Continued
February 8, 2019

Alabama’s native son: E Pluribus Unum

All of us are called upon to lend our name for a job referral, political appointment or the endorsement of a candidate. Over time, my engagement for this kind of request is limited and almost extinct. I can count on two or three fingers those I would fall on the sword for because of their … Continued
December 14, 2018

ACLU, NAACP make demands of authorities following Hoover police shooting

Thursday, the ACLU of Alabama and Alabama NAACP filed public records requests to police departments in Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Hoover, Huntsville, and Saraland for their use-of-force policies, body camera policies, and racial bias training materials, following the Thanksgiving shooting of Emantic “E.J.” Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. and other incidents where excessive use of force has been … Continued
December 13, 2018

Saturday was Rosa Parks Day

Saturday, events were held in Montgomery to commemorate Rosa Parks role in desegregating the public transit system in Alabama’s capital city. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) said on social media, “It was 63 years ago, today, that a Montgomery woman would change the course of history by refusing to get off a bus. With the … Continued
December 3, 2018

Hoover mall shooter still at large

Thursday night a scuffle broke out over a pair of sale price shoes at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. That quickly escalated into a fight and someone pulled a firearm and began firing. An 18 year male was shot and is still recovering in the UAB Hospital Trauma Center. A twelve year old girl was … Continued
November 26, 2018

SPLC, Alabama civil rights organizations urge “no” vote on Kavanaugh

Friday, ten left leaning Alabama civil rights organizations, including the Alabama NAACP, the Greater Birmingham Ministries, Planned Parenthood Southeast, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), issued a statement urging U.S. Senators Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Doug Jones (D-Alabama) to vote against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Kavanaugh’s troubling … Continued
September 17, 2018

Merrill says claims that large numbers of citizens can’t vote because of Alabama’s photo ID law “Is a lie”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, Secretary of State John Merrill responded to news that the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Campaign Legal Center had filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the appeal of a federal lawsuit … Continued
March 2, 2018

Civil rights groups support lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Voter ID Law

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Campaign Legal Center submitted a court brief in support of appealing federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s voter ID law. Under current Alabama law, a registered voter must … Continued
March 2, 2018