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In February 2024, Mahogany Jackson, a 20-year-old woman from Birmingham, Alabama, was tortured, raped, and subsequently murdered. Eight suspects were arrested and charged. Three of the suspects were charged with capital murder, kidnapping, and rape/sodomy. Five others were charged with felony murder. Two also additionally faced charges of ...
Capital Murder x3. The Vestavia Hills church shooting occurred on June 16, 2022 at 6:22 p.m. local time in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. A man entered the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and opened fire during a potluck meeting, which the church had previously advertised. Two people were killed at the scene, a third died later ...
Ku Klux Klan (alleged) The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.
The Children's Crusade, or Children's March, was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–10, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. Many children left their schools and were arrested, set free, and then ...
August 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM. A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against a Black teenager ...
July 15, 2024 at 3:40 AM. LONDON (AP) — A 34-year-old man was charged Monday with murdering two men whose remains were found in two suitcases in southwest England. London’s Metropolitan Police ...
July 24, 2024 at 8:39 PM. (Reuters) - Soon after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, local law enforcement officers and a U.S. Secret Service agent discussed how pictures of the shooter ...
The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...