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Show Transcript SOME CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN ALABAMA FEEL INTIMIDATED BY A BILL PROPOSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACCORDING TO A COUPLE OF LOCAL ORGANIZERS THE MEASURE CRIMINALIZES THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST WVTM 13’S BREA DOUGLAS. SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. NEARLY A YEAR AGO. WE SAW PROTESTS IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HUNDREDS MARCHED AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE. HOPING TO SPARK. BLACK LIVES MATTER ORGANIZER KARA MCCLURE SAYS HOUSE BILL 4:45 SEEKS TO STOP THE VOICE OF ACTIVISTS. THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT POWER OVER OUR BODY AND CONTROL WHAT WE DO AND SAY THEY ARE IN FACT, SHE WAITED WITH INCARCERATING BLACK BODIES AND AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IF THE BILL PASSES IT WOULD QUOTE AMEND THE CRIMES OF RIOT AND INCITING TO RIOT AND WOULD ESTABLISH THE CRIMES OF AGGR
Originally published on February 11, 2021 8:08 am
Black Lives Matter Birmingham’s latest campaign targets private prison company CoreCivic. And they already have results. Regions Bank of Alabama has cut ties with CoreCivic. The company has been tapped to build two new men’s correctional facilities in Alabama. The Department of Justice is currently suing the state department of corrections and Alabama due to alleged violations of the constitutional rights of men in custody.
We talked with state activists about their role in this decision, and what they want to see next.
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Our host, Jenn White, talks to Cara McClure, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Birmingham; Lamar Black, co-founder of Faith & Works; and Joshua Thompson, a student activist from Alabama Students Against Prisons, about their effort to stop the construction of new private prisons in Alabama.