North Alabama Confederate monument still sparks protests, debate
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
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By Jessica Barnett The News Courier, Athens, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The fate of a statue on the Limestone County Courthouse grounds has made it back into local conversation after a protest and counterprotest were organized for Saturday in Athens.
On one side of Market Street, protestors held up signs and waved a “Black Lives Matter” flag in support of the removal of a Confederate monument that has stood on the courthouse grounds since the early 1900s, saying it honors those who promoted racism and slavery. On the other side, a group of counterprotesters held signs and waved flags in support of the statue staying because they believed it honors Confederate veterans who never made it home from the war.
Mo Brooks defends Jan. 6 speech during Saturday rally
The congressman says his speech was taken out of context and misinterpreted by the fake news media.
Posted: Jan 23, 2021 10:56 PM
Updated: Jan 23, 2021 10:57 PM
Posted By: Max Cohan
Congressman Mo Brooks said Saturday that his now-infamous Jan. 6 speech was taken out of context and misinterpreted by the media.
Speaking at a “Free the Speech” rally in Morgan County, Brooks asked, “How can you misinterpret my intent?”
During the event, Brooks and other speakers, including Congressman Barry Moore, former Alabama Senator Paul Sanford and others, spoke at length about free speech, made claims of election fraud and media censorship, among many other things.
Protesters use makeshift body bags to share a message
Asking city leaders for answers By Tiffany Thompson | January 14, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 5:29 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Tonight, members of the community put on a different kind of a protest, a silent one. Members of Black Lives Matter put makeshift body bags in front of Huntsville’s city hall ahead of Thursday’s city council meeting.
Members of the Black Lives Matter movement wanted to get a message across to city leaders, a message of injustices.
Members believe some of the injustice they’re witnessing is coming from local and national law enforcement.
‘Completely different reality’: Alabama racial justice protesters react to police response in Capitol
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP
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Keith Young watched the mob riot inside the U.S. Capitol building, thinking back to the pain in his chest after police shot him with a rubber bullet this summer in downtown Huntsville.
“I remember watching snipers in downtown Huntsville as we protested,” said Young. “To know that happens to us when we’re peacefully protesting and following the laws, then to see people in the nation’s Capitol, being allowed to run through that place, and the lack of a (police) response, it’s highly discouraging.”