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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)

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[–] LiesSlander 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy moly this is a wild story. I really hope people don't get murdered, and Braxton gets a positive outcome from the legal system. But beyond the shock from reading this, I'm left with anger.

The sheer audacity of these racist clowns, and the fact that its working!? Like, courts just refuse to hear cases on a lot of the discrimination that happens surrounding elections, so even though it might be illegal its the white courts that decide that. And they BURNED DOWN LEWIS' HOME! Holy shit is that terrifying, and we know nobody's ever facing any consequences for it.

One thing that is truly inspiring amidst all the racism and systemic violence is the mayor himself. This guy is out here practicing mutual aid, organizing community events, and fighting to get food for his community. One of his goals with becoming mayor was to get a grocery store in town, huge respect for this guy.

Fuck White Supremacy, fuck the State, but hats off to this man. I hope he gets what he's fighting for.

[–] TerryTPlatypus 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed, and this couldn't be said better. This made me angry just reading it, that we still have some parts of the country living like its the mid 1900s.