2020-06

Montgomery prepares for a massive event despite city leadership saying we should shut everything down a week ago. The Birmingham housing authority dissolves it's relationship with Church of the Highlands because the minister liked some Charlie Kirk tweets. The World Health Organization goes from saying asymptomatic transmission of coronavirus are "very rare" to accounts for up to 41% of transmissions in less than 24 hours.

Officer Stephen Williams of Moody, AL is laid to rest after being killed in what appears to be a police ambush. Petitions to change the names of several prominent buildings in Alabama named after slave owners or racists gain many signatures. Videos of white people kneeling to black people to beg forgiveness crop up from all around the nation. Warner Bros. remove all guns from their new Looney Tunes show.

The Alabama ACLU calls Birmingham Mayor Randal Woodfin closing all protests a violation of constitutional rights. Are the riots we're seeing over the past several days just like the Boston Tea Party of 1773? General "Mad Dog" Mattis rebukes Trump threatening to evoke the 1807 Insurrection Act to quell the violence.

NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio struggles to explain why protests are OK during a pandemic, but church and business aren't.

The Statue of General Robert E. Lee in front of Lee High School is attacked and taken down. The Confederate monument in Linn Park get similar treatment. President Trump responds to the violent protests and threatens military action. Joe Biden says we should be training cops to shoot people in the legs.

Former Auburn Coach Pat Dye passes at age 80. The City of Birmingham is burning as Black Lives Matter and Antifa attack the city. Two different groups infiltrate protests over the death of George Floyd.