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Perspective | Huntsville doctor recounts protest dispersed by police tear gas

Dr. Pippa Abston is a Huntsville area physician. The following is her first-hand account of the protest in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, where police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators after an Alabama NAACP rally. I arrived at Big Springs Park at about 4:30 before the start of the protest at 5 p.m. … Continued
June 4, 2020

Marshall says Moody officer’s death was not related to unrest

Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Steven Marshall (R) issued a statement on the line-of-duty death of Moody Police Officer Stephen Williams late Tuesday night. “I was devastated to receive the phone call late last night that another one of our law enforcement heroes had lost his life,” AG Marshall said. “I have been slow to make … Continued
June 4, 2020

Police deploy tear gas, rubber bullets on peaceful protesters in Huntsville

Police in Huntsville deployed tear gas and fired rubber bullets at peaceful protesters and demonstrators chanting “I can’t breathe” in downtown Huntsville Wednesday evening, injuring several people, including a small child. Video from the scene shows demonstrators at the aftermath of an Alabama NAACP rally peppered with rubber bullets and tear gas as law enforcement … Continued
June 3, 2020

Protestors deface Confederate monument in Birmingham

Angry protesters on Sunday tried to destroy a Confederate monument in Linn Park in Birmingham and successfully tore down a statue. The protesters defaced the Confederate monument, chipped away part of the concrete and pulled the wooden barrier off the base, according to WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham. The protestors successfully pulled down a statue … Continued
June 1, 2020

Shelby honors fallen law enforcement officers

Wednesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) co-sponsored S.Res.577, a Senate resolution honoring the observance of National Police Week, and commemorated the eight Alabama law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty during 2019. The measure specifically designates May 10 to 16, 2020, as “National Police Week.” A week in which Americans … Continued
May 14, 2020

Tuberville, Byrne and Sessions: Selling fear because they have no good ideas

Tommy Tuberville wants to scare white people. Bradley Byrne wants to scare white people. Jeff Sessions wants to scare white people.  The Muslims are going to kill us all. The black people are committing scary crimes and kneeling a lot. The Hispanics are hauling deadly drugs over the border to kill your grandkids. The terrorists … Continued
February 10, 2020

Rep. Allen Treadaway’s wife, Susan, has died

Saturday, Susan Treadaway. The wife of State Representative Allen Treadaway (R-Morris) has died from a battle with cancer. She was 55. Governor Kay Ivey (R) said on Twitter, “I offer my prayers and condolences to Rep. Treadaway in the loss of his wife, Susan. May our God of comfort surround him and his family in … Continued
November 4, 2019

Alabama law enforcement delegation briefed in Mexico

Last week a delegation of law enforcement members from the State of Alabama returned from a covert trip to Mexico and to the State of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is the home of the Sinaloa Cartel, where the group toured a captured drug lab. The trip was announced by U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and DEA Assistant … Continued
September 25, 2019

My unforgettable college stabbings (Reacting to violence: A personal history)

Violence can and does occur anywhere at any time to anyone. While our current mass shooting epidemic has thrust this fact of being alive into our daily consciousness, I learned this lesson long ago. First, I learned when I was mugged and stabbed in the early ’90s during my freshman year at Tufts University, a … Continued
April 17, 2019

Punishing violence, recognizing the dignity of work and the possibility of redemption

Police officers, sheriffs and district attorneys do heroic work every day to lock up criminals and keep our streets and neighborhoods safe. Yet many parts of our criminal justice system are broken, and layers of bureaucracy and a thicket of self-serving fees and outdated rules create barriers for people who have already paid their debt … Continued
April 9, 2019