A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t see how a small group like that could truly oppress them, especially in an age where everything can easily be documented with video proof and when this case seem clear cut. Someone could have done this ten or twenty years ago. Running a small campaign on the platform of “fuck those racists” should be simple enough in a town with an 85% black majority, but that wasn’t even necessary here because that clique’s so dumb.

    Anyway, I’ve made my point, you can have the last word.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t see how a small group like that could truly oppress them

      That’s wild because it’s literally explained in the article and then quoted by me here. It’s the part of my posts you keep ignoring.

      Your questions are not unanswered- the white minority council has evidentially maintained power by ignoring elections and by holding private special elections, like they did in 2020, and by also refusing to allow elections to take place, like they did in 2022.

      The only point you’ve made is that reading the article is not a requirement to comment on it.