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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to U.S. NewsEnglish · 3 years ago

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

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

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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to U.S. NewsEnglish · 3 years ago
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For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.
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    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.

    • SkepticElliptic ( SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org ) 
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      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.

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        I would guess around a couple ten thousand a day.

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          I bet we could find 1M people that want to make things interesting. Get $1 from each person and let’s have a party!

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            The real question is if black water guys would actually protect a black man with their lives against rural white people.

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              Money is money.

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