Incarcerated Organizer Airlifted to Hospital Following Attack by Prison Guards
The beatings follow a lawsuit by the Justice Department against the prison for failing to provide adequate protection from violence.
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Tensions were higher than usual at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama early on the morning of January 30. A couple of days prior, guards had attacked and choked an elderly incarcerated man, Cat Diamond, in the cafeteria under the reportedly false pretense that he had gotten in line for a second meal.
That morning, Robert Earl Council, an incarcerated organizer who is also known as Kinetik Justice, questioned Officer Griffin about the beating, witnesses said. Officer Griffin called for reinforcements and Sgt. âShakedownâ Brown, Sgt. Binder, and Officer Milton liberally maced the area.
Alabama prison guards brutally beat Kinetic Justice, sending him to trauma unit
Alabama prison guards brutally beat Kinetic Justice, sending him to trauma unit
February 1, 2021
by Malik Washington
“The preservation of a racist structure in the U.S. has been closely tied to the preservation of class rule. The new reign of terror that arose in the Southern states after the formal ending of slavery was directed above all at controlling Black labor and preventing any possible working class alliance across racial lines (of which there were some indications in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, during the brief period known as Radical Reconstruction). But the institution of lynching – which was initially applied to block the extension of voting rights under the 15th Amendment – served not only to terrorize Black people; by its public and even festive character, it fostered complicity and conformity in the white population. The laws imposing racial segregation were thus re
Madison County Commission Chairman calls out ADOC, ADOC Commissioner blames COVID-19 and federal court order
Madison County Commission Chairman frustrated with ADOC, ADOC Commissioner blames COVID-19 By Eric Graves | January 19, 2021 at 10:02 AM CST - Updated January 19 at 10:02 AM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong said the Alabama Department of Corrections is taking advantage of Madison County citizens and it’s costing money.
“We’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars of expense to the taxpayers of Madison County,” Strong said.
As of early January, Strong said there were 985 inmates in the Madison County Jail. Under state guidelines, any inmate convicted and sentenced must be transferred out of a county jail and into a state prison within 30 days of their sentencing. Strong says that isn’t happening. He told us about 190 of those 985 inmates should be in state prisons right now, but they’re not. They are still in the
The Radicalization Of Trump Rioter Kevin Greeson
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In 2009, Kevin Greeson traveled from Alabama to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, at the time one of his political heroes. Twelve years later, a stone s throw from where Obama had been sworn in, Greeson died of a heart attack while demonstrating in support of President Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol.
Greeson had undergone a stark political transformation in those intervening years. A longtime Democrat who once championed unions and supported progressive politicians, Greeson had become a staunch Trump supporter by the time he died outside the Capitol at the age of 55.
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In 2009, Kevin Greeson traveled from Alabama to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, at the time one of his political heroes. Twelve years later, a stone s throw from where Obama had been sworn in, Greeson died of a heart attack while demonstrating in support of President Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol.
Greeson had undergone a stark political transformation in those intervening years. A longtime Democrat who once championed unions and supported progressive politicians, Greeson had become a staunch Trump supporter by the time he died outside the Capitol at the age of 55.