Exceptions within the Alabama Open Records law provides significant protection of investigation-records from public disclosure, hindering the Racial Justice Network in its pursuit of body camera footage.
"We fight for the rights of all people against any type of civil rights violation, against gun violence. We fight for police accountability," said Candace Brewer, the national president of
“We’re using the National Night Out to launch this mission of saving our future generation, no matter what race, creed or color,” founder Oscar Penn said.
The reactivated Lee County NAACP Branch 5038 has been collecting history of the original branch that went inactive in 2003. The organization revealed the history they ve been collecting since January at the first annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Aug. 5, 2023.
Two formerly incarcerated residents, Eric Kellum and Brent Morgan, will be attending the National Night Out event in Opelika on August 1. They hope to encourage local teenagers to stay on the right path by telling their story.