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ezmack@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 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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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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    This. Violence is not the answer.

    Until it is. Violence sometimes only can be corrected with violence.

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      The minute, and I mean THE MINUTE, some racist asshat burns someones house down, as happened here, you deserve the right to stop being polite about it.

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      Violence is not THE answer, but it is AN answer.

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        You are wrong violence is never the answer.

        Its a question and the answer is yes.

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