I didn’t need to read the article to know this was going to be about Alabama Power. They are massively influential in this state and essentially own the state regulator, the Public Service Commission. We have high rates and our support for residential solar is worse than nonexistent. It’s just pure corruption.
Not terribly unusual. The same companies that own nuclear power companies also own television networks that never have negative coverage of nuclear power for the same reason. It’s just showing up on a smaller scale now.
It breaks my heart a little that with a simple shift of a few years and a skin tone would’ve turned what was already the most painful period of my life into legal trouble. Fuck red states and the people who support their fundamentalist policies.
It's absolutely infuriating and just gets worse as the article goes on.
This town doesn't even hold elections so that it can keep its white families in power. It's shocking that somewhere in the US has gotten away with this for so long.
Yes, it is. Plenty of districts get away with racism and other oppression through voter suppression and gerrymandering, but they at least have elections, corrupted though they may be.
Even taking into account that we’re talking about the rural South, a rightfully elected Black man being denied the ability to serve due to the color of his skin, in a town that is overwhelmingly Black (85%) is absolutely mind-boggling.
Jesus, that man is a hero. The bigots don’t deserve that level of man as their mayor, but he clearly desires to represent everyone, as a mayor should. The fact that this has been going on for so long is extremely depressing to hear. I hope the feds get involved immediately and help set things right.
These situations make me wonder what I can do to help these people out. Besides echoing my frustrations, there’s nothing I can do except vote, which clearly doesn’t matter anyway. Well, I’m not a local, either, but hypothetically…
It makes me want to become a vigilante but that’s a poor choice, not that I’m even capable.
I wonder how much it would cost to hire a 4-5 blackwater type guys to run ‘security’ for him. Just go collect everything from the previous ‘admin’ and tell them to f-off.
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.
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.
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