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Unique Dunston holds a sign during a protest of HB445 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala.,(Mickey Welsh/via AP)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama lawmakers have advanced a revised bill that would stiffen penalties for participating in a riot, a proposal that had drawn criticism because of a broad definition of what could be considered a riot. The House Judiciary voted Tuesday to send the bill to the House floor. Republican Rep. Allen Treadaway, a retired Birmingham assistant police chief, said the measures are needed to crack down on violent behavior. Shay Farley, interim deputy policy officer for the southeast with Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, said this bill is clearly designed to instill fear in would-be protesters and silence dissent.
Black women at the forefront of fighting for civil rights Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 9:34 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript JEFF: WELCOME BACK ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL MONTH LONG, WE ARE HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN. BRITT DOUGLAS TELLS US THE ROLE THAT BLACK WOMEN PLAY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THEIR FIGHT TODAY. REPORTER: AT JUST 21 YEARS OLD, SHE FOUND HER PURPOSE. ACTIVISM. AFTER THE DEATH OF YOUR FLOYD, SHE STARTED PROTESTING WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER AT KELLY INGRAM PARK. THEN IN HER HOMETOWN WHERE SHE WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO JAIL. THAT EXPERIENCE HAD HER SET UP HER OWN ORGANIZATION. IT WAS BRUTAL. IT WAS DEHUMANIZING. REPORTER: HER FIGHT CONTINUES. SHE WAS PART OF A DEMONSTRATION IN MONTGOMERY LED BY MOSTLY BLACK WOMEN FOR A BILL THAT IS DESIGNED TO CRIMINALIZE PROTESTERS. REPORTER: WOMEN FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINE DATES BACK TO ROSA PARKS. OFTEN, SHE SAYS THAT WOMEN DON’T GET TH
Alabama House committee delays bill that would expand definition of rioting
The Montgomery Advertiser 3/9/2021 Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
It was a lengthy discussion, heavy with the crimes of the past and the struggles of the present. And after about 90 minutes of debate, a legislative committee decided to keep it going.
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on legislation from Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, that would expand the definition of rioting and punish cities that cut police budgets. Opponents said the definition of rioting in the legislation does not require an act to take place, and could make law enforcement the arbiters of what is and isn’t constitutionally-protected speech.
Albertville billboard calls for relocation of confederate monument, removal of confederate flag (Source: Unique Dunston) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 8, 2021 at 12:27 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 12:32 PM
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - There is a new billboard up in Albertville, calling for the removal of the rebel flag and relocation of the confederate monument.
Community members in Marshall County started a petition in June of 2020 to let the Marshall County Commission know that they do not want the Confederacy to be honored at our courthouses. The petition has now reached over 3,450 signatures.
Protest organizer Unique Dunston tells WAFF the billboard is another way of letting elected officials and community know that this issue will not just disappear. The Associated Press reported that Marshall County Commission Chairman James Hutcheson said, “Everybody’s getting tired,” and “People want to move on with their lives and move past this.”
Demonstrators protesting a Confederate monument and flag on the Marshall County, Ala., courthouse grounds added a new visual this week: body bags representing slaves.