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Newbern, Alabama refuses to allow black mayor to serve.

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorJMDZ, Aug 2, 2023.

  1. homer

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    Those racists are in for a rude awakening.

    Curious to what levels the white racists will go to to rig or stop the election?

    I’d ask for federal help 2 weeks before and until the ballots are counted.
     
  2. PITBOSS

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    agree on racist.

    “Filled with foul language and racial slurs, it mentions Lewis and who they call 'non-mayor' Braxton.

    The author states if they don't get “out of my town,” they could “die or get burn down.”
    They also claimed they were watching Lewis' four kids and her new home.”

    Racist message targets Newbern's Black mayor Patrick Braxton



    But where is it mentioned no one will defend him?

    “The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), an organization that focuses on racial and civil rights, along with an Alabama-based private law firm, filed a preliminary injunction to force Newbern, a town of about 133 people, to hold elections and allow its citizens to vote for the first time in years.”

    Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting
     
  3. Spurffelbow833

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    The remaining 20 whites must be the whole government and law enforcement. One mostly peaceful protest could solve the problem.
     
  4. danmanne65

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    Herman Munster the presiding judge?
     
  5. uftaipan

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    Assuming that’s the whole story, there is no reason to mess around with a lawsuit. That would be 100% something you take straight to the Justice Department. The feds would be all over a situation like that.
     
  6. tilly

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    The white mayor will appeal this to the SEC office in Birmingham and be given a lifelong term. They will then slap Florida with a 3 year probation for allowing this thread to exist.
     
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    Small Alabama Town Wins Lawsuit Allowing Residents To Vote For First Time In Decades

    Residents in a small Alabama town will be able to vote in their own municipal elections for the first time in decades after a four-year legal battle.

    A proposed settlement has been reached in the town’s voting rights case, allowing Newbern, a predominantly Black town with 133 residents, to hold its first legitimate elections in more than 60 years. The town’s next elections will be held in 2025.

    The settlement was filed June 21 and must be approved by U.S. District Judge Kristi K. DuBose.

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    The settlement will reinstate Patrick Braxton as the mayor of Newbern, the first Black person to hold the position in the town’s 170-year history. Capital B News had first reported about Braxton’s fight.
     
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