WTH?! Decades Without Elections: Black Mayor Elected, Whites Lock Him Out of Office! | Roland Martin
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- čas přidán 14. 04. 2024
- The first elected and first black Newbern, Alabama Mayor has not been able to carry out his duties leading the town because white city officials have blocked his efforts for three years.
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Patrick Braxton assumed office by default in 2020 when he filed for office, and no one else, including the incumbent, did the same. Previous Newbern mayors had been appointed or ran unopposed, with several serving for more than ten years. Many residents did not know they were allowed to have elections.
Braxton has an ongoing lawsuit alleging the white town leaders arranged an illegal and secret special election preventing Braxton from appointing a majority-Black town council and Newbern voters from electing their candidate of choice for town council.
Newbern is about 77 miles southwest of Birmingham, and its population is about 80% Black and 20% white. However, the town's leadership, except for Braxton and his town council, has been majority white for years.
The Legal Defense Fund has filed a preliminary injunction to force Newbern to hold elections and allow its citizens to vote for the first time in years.
Morenike Fajana, Senior Counsel of LDF joins us from New with the details of the bizarre case.
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And the local, city, state, and federal government has allowed this to continue. Tell me this isn’t discrimination?
We’d be lying if we said it wasn’t
Of course it is
It's time black people shut shxx down! Quit boot licking, shut their money down, and see what happens! We are a powerful people and these bigots know it These bigots will never accept us! Thank you, Rolanf!!!
Is it near the Big city of Demopolis, Al
Exactly
When ppl say there is no systematic racism 🤷🏾♂️
Baffling isn’t it.
Unfortunately no, it's ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY
RACIST ARE EVERYWHERE
yes DeSantos and other racist
This should NEVER EVER be happening in a Town that is 80% BLACK!!! WOW!!
They still believe that they are 20% in charge
Never heard of this, am from Birmingham.
That's what I'm saying, this makes no sense, you have all these black people and these is going on
@@smllw 🤯🤯
Sorry this one is on us!
Wait, I thought Tim Scott and Nicki Haley said there was no racism in America
I was taught to consider the source where you. Get your information from.
Right🙄😂😂🙏🏼🖤❤️💕👏🏼
😂pleeease 😂
You said it all in such a small amount of words
You are a liar.
No surprises here at all. The state of Alabama is an absolute disgrace.
Alabama… that says enough. No surprises here!
😂😂😂 my sentiments exactly. There is something seriously mental about the southern states .
I live in Alabama!
...and yeah, you're kinda right
It’s going to happen in Florida and Texas too if so called conservatives gain ultimate power in those states
ITS TO LATE THE IMMIGRANT PERGE IS HERE
So where else is this happening?
How many other citizens are being denied the right to vote?
This is not the only place in AMERIKKKA!!!
This is why you need national election reform, not because some idiot thinks a presidential election was stolen from him
ITS TO LATE THE IMMIGRANT PERGE IS HERE
@@oyn5868 hello.
You can't vote if you're not a citizen.
More Right wing crazy fear mongering!!!
@@oyn5868stop talking
But systematic racism doesn't exist??? Who's handling the town's business?
Ask Candace Owens. She said racism doesn’t exist.
This is a federal crime and someone or all involved must be charged and go to jail !
Are you serious? This is unbelievable and unacceptable.
Sounds like another jussie Smollett to me
Great story. Evil people do evil stuff.
Yes they do .
Who are the evil people?
@@6530517 certainly eurocentrist are among them ;)
@@6530517the people with a Evil diabolic heart
Guess smarty pants @@6530517
WTH!! These people are basically living in the Jim Crow era? This is ridiculous. How can the black people in that town allow this to happen?
Wow!! We aren’t in the 50s or 60s anymore!!!! This has to change.
The south is .
This is insane and should be national. News!!!!
I know right instead of Roland Martin broadcasting out of his basement which only about 10 people will hear
You can't be serious. Where is Candace Owen's she needs to do something about this since racism doesn't exists in her world they should send her down there.
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She is a AKN
Yea ??? And dem krackas’ll run her silly 🫏and her whyte Husband out from down Thar !!! You know they don’t like no Race Mixing !!!
I'm also scared of the black vote to be honest lol. Black people do not vote like Asian Americans and black immigrants. It seems to be all about the skin color or political party of the candidate above policy.
Personally, I feel the average black voter would vote for a cucumber if it ran as a Democrat 😅😅😅
Simply put, I ran from NY to Chicago and now I'm in Texas. We have a black mayor in my town but he's different, he has great policies. He's tough on crime, smart with regulations and very very knowledgeable. He has started solid school programs for low income communities. I love him, unlike most other black mayor's who were elected purely based on skin color
This is extreme, and difficult to hear. Wtf is wring with Alabama?
I am beyond disgusted...
Ala is 56 percent white,we have a large black population here
This is straight up racism, why isn’t this issue being discussed on mainstream media news channels?
Democracy, freedom, liberty, equality in 2024 are just words in a salad when it comes to Black representation. Authoritarianism is alive and kicking in America.
I’ll bet there are more towns like this! Unfortunately.
Maybe all of us outside the state can help by contacting somebody! Those black folks need our support😮
Wait what??? A few decades??? The black “Mayor” sat idle for 3 years??? The States Attorney….anyone, someone??? NoooooBODY, not 1 person said a word??? I’m with Mr. Martin….baffled!
This has been talked about. It was brought back up by Roland. The question should be, " Why the large media like CNN, MSNBC or Fox News not talking about this?"
They all should face charges every last one of them that was involved
and tim scott and nikki say america has never been a racist country
I was taught to consider the source where. You get your information from.
😂pleeease 😂
Ala is not that racist as u think.
Taxation without representation. So much for patriotism
Always begging with your hands out looking for free stuff
@@clairegazzillo6775 isn’t being taxed without representation a demonstration of that local government having its hands out stealing from the human beings in the county? You demons are always trying to paint others with your shortcomings
@@clairegazzillo6775This was a stupid statement, how is You can't tax people and take their money while stealing their rights = a hand out? Explain as I google and research you for exposure
I’m telling you I love uncle Roland he’s the only person that talks about stuff. We never could imagine that people will still do. I hope somebody picks up the mantle when he decides to retire because we need journalist people who care about minorities and just real news not propaganda.
What do we pay the Department of Justice to do exactly?
Uphold YT supremacy
To be fair, they have to be NOTIFIED that things like this are going on before they can respond which means THE PEOPLE have to speak up. But once that's done, yeah, DOJ... NAACP, etc... need to look into it and if they can legally FIX THE PROBLEM, then they need to do that!
Can you imagine, how many towns are bringing governed that way
I thought Nikki Haley said that the US “wasn’t a racist country”.
We need to ride a brigade down to Alabama..... 1M strong to defend the brotha ✌🏾🇺🇲💙
Exactly
Where is BLM how come they're not marching up and down and parading all around screaming no justice no peace
Where's all the Black Leaders, that's supposed to fight hand in hand with this Mayor , He can't fight this battle my himself, the Grove. Should have stepped up my now, the News , Someone!! We keep letting things go, Step Up Black Leaders, My God!
It's crazy that this is still going on
I don't see what's so surprising and shocking. I'm a black person from North Vancouver Canada and I've heard of this kind of stuff in American small towns for years. There's always been excuses like, "well it's such a small number of people involved and it is so isolated that it's not worth the time and effort to correct." I'm sure state and federal governments are aware of this kind of Injustice and behavior in many towns like this across the United States but yet have chosen not to anything. And what about people? Have they just chosen to sit back and do nothing? I would think "no" that is not the case because just look at some of the comments in regards to this video. Clearly there's some external pressures keeping democracy from prevailing these towns and given situations.
The black community needs to call the FBI...
Right. They need to get up and speak tf out! Wow!
The investigation of this matter definitely needs to be broaden to see whether or not those same residents was denied state and federal voting participation.
The Governor, Attorney General, and District Council know. They need to do an audit on the city's books, you know they are embezzling EVERYTHING
2:11 I believe it, it’s Alabama!
How does a town NOT have elections? The state or the county is not looking for votes? What about the taxes? 🤦🏽♀️
AREN'T THERE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THESE THINGS?!?!?
No. Take note, because this is low-key happening in America countrywide right now concerning the nationwide demographic changes. I don't know why anyone is surprised.
I'm sure this is part of Alabama where black people go missing 😮
This Alabama, When you drive into the state your watch starts running backwards!!!
Bullshit
That's funny fo'real. But Mississippi is next door. 🤔
Exactly.
😦😦😦😦 this is disturbing, until you realize that this is happening in Alabama. 😒
Our people must WAKE UP and start getting involved in their communities. Stop waiting for someone else to save you. Black people have some of the highest percentages of the total population in cities and towns in the south. We should be in control of more than just Atlanta.
But WE WONT VOTE
Why hasn't this been covered on CNN , worldwide news and other outlets? Wow!😮
I know right Roland Martin unfiltered CZcams channel broadcasting out of his basement only about 10 people are going to hear this
How is that even possible in the 21st century
Ok, Let’s hear from the black conservatives? Nothing, they will change the narrative, blame the black residents. Candice Owens, Larry Elder, Jesse Lee Peterson, etc
I dont I been known about this story.
JLP still romanticises about the Jim Crow era.
And folk ask me why I don't want anything to do with Alabama
Ala is not like that.
This is so heinous and un-American. How in the HELL can this be happening in 2024?????
Be careful how you label people! Those mindless/ignorant people were the ones who marched, fought and died so others can enjoy the freedom( although dwindling) that you and others (other countries) have today and God loves them!
Yeah this was a crazy story.
The blacks in that town knew NO ONE would believe them!
Yup
It shouldn't be happening in America!
operative word........America
My question why is he allowing this
And the answer is that he filed a lawsuit and its been tied up with a bunch of racist white judges!!!
Then you're not asking the right question.... The people that could force it, is who is opposing it.
Who is he going to call if the white folk locked him out the police?!!!
The question that black Democrats should be asking is, why Biden and Harris haven't said or done anything about it.
@@d.rabbit7276maybe u need a civics refresher course.
Where's the Justice Department? How in 2024 can this happen?
Biden and Harris don't care about black people brother. That's how it can happen.
Sounds like another Jesse Smollett to me
Sadly, Not surprising. Ws holds America back.Those who practice it.🇺🇲💙🗽
If no one speaks up then this what happens. I’d like to see interviews of town residents. Perhaps they all work for the white folk so they are too afraid to speak up.
Where are the Feds
There should be call from as high up as possible to fix this
This should not go on one more second
This is a town that we should all be protesting for.
How is this not nationwide news
I heard about this over 2 years ago. It was in the news but, nothing happened because of COVID and the shit Trump was doing. Nobody with authority would step up and help him. The federal government and DOJ need to step in and fix this 🙏🏾✌🏾💙🇺🇸.
Maybe they need to fire the Attorney General and get to the bottom of this racism!😢
Wow! That fact that is still happening in this day and age. SMH The more things change the more things stay the same.
The devil's agenda, playground, advocates.
They may still have slavery in this town.
In the state🫠
No
This sounds like the white slave master (Mayor) in charge of the black slaves (Black residents) pretty much.
It reminds me of that movie when the black peoples didn’t know slavery was over
😂😂😂😂😂 Do they have TVS 📺 Internet? Damn pigeon mail carriers???
This is ridiculous!
I know right it sounds as ridiculous as jussie Smollett going to get a Subway sandwich at at 2:00 in the morning in the freezing cold
WTF😮
Don’t try and figure it out , it’s the south 🙄🙄
That's crazy. You're still living there. You're crazy.
It's Alabama! Keep in mind those good old boys own all the jobs too. As for the police, they're all in the same network of people. Drive through Newbern, then imagine growing up in a prison without walls.
Very true.A lot of that is still there sadly.Not just in Alabama either
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A Storm Is Coming
Especially when the sheriff is appointed by the local mayor.
What does justice ⚖️ look like in cases like this?
Brother what do you mean, "what does Justice look like??" Are you kidding me? America's supposed to be the archetype of democracy for the entire world but yet this type of behavior and situation is happening within the borders of the United States! It's about the rights of people and what is supposed to be a fair and just society! When people call the United States a sick "f"ing country this is the why. People are being denied their basic rights as citizens all because of the simple fact of the color of skin. And frankly, it seems to be okay with a whole lot of people. Including the federal and state governments. Smh!!🤔
I am sure they have reported the issue and no one stepped in to help. Where are/were the Black politicians/Organizations??? I find it hard to believe that they don't know this was happening.
I wish I was saying "You gotta be kidding me?" Loudest word in my head is "Insanity!!!"
That’s freaking crazy. People need to pay attention to their local government.
What makes you think they haven't. The situation is decades long in ALABAMA...over 60 year long status quo passed down over generations to not question nor oppose white supremacy or else.
I remember hearing about this recently; that’s so very sad and unfortunate that this Black Mayor has been unable to carry out his duties due to systemic racism.
Why is this just being brought up in all that time. The justice system don't work in the part of town...
You gotta be a fool talking about living in Bama and some these other Confederate states
Bama ain't like that.
@@timothymeans8736 bull!!!! that place is horrible!!!!!! I try my best to stay clear of that place as much as i can
Don't accuse all of Alabama of being confederate. During the Civil war there was one military group in Northern Alabama that were Pro-Union and joined with Sherman during his march to the sea.
Lord, have mercy!🤦🏾♀️ Someone has to be held accountable and do what is right, regardless if this is a small town. The law is the law. Black folks, please get educated. My goodness.
Go down there and see what’s goin on
I love that they are covering this, but I’m disappointed that he’s not discussing it with lawyers and scholars from Alabama as opposed to Detroit and Texas.
What happened to the brothers and sisters that’s living there? Are they just not aware or lost? Damn
This sadly and angrily reminds me of Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898. By no means does what Newbern has and is perpetrating equate to the extreme racist measures of what they did in Wilmington, but the end result is the same, they refuse to let democracy rule and they absolutely refused to let a black man have power.
Looks like a town out of one of those horror movies like Texas chainsaw Massacre.
I'm really baffled about this. There hasn't been an election in this town for decades, this black man is elected mayor but has been blocked from serving the past three years because of the all-white city officials? Where the hell is the local, state, and federal government????
This has to be escalated to the federal level. A lot of people and levels of government has to be investigated and federal funding has to be reconsidered or halted until this is corrected.
This is unimaginable! What type of BS is that?
Where is the Attoney General?
Why didn't he call the police???
3 year's? And he let them?????
Because as Roland Martin just said this should be handled by the Governor, Senator, States Attorney etc. These people are over throwing government once again!
Police? Who do you think would be running the police,
They dont hold elections, they just hand it down to the next white relative?
@@skip2265 Like I said, he could have dealt with them multiple different ways.😁
All you need is a team of helpful people.
He probably had to get proof first and if they kept things tight knit, it took him a while to get proof...in other words, You can see something is not right but you need solid proof to what's being claimed in order for the officers of the federal courts to accept your claim and act on it as a priority smh
This is unreal and crazy af 🤬🤬🤬
Voter Repression, poll tax, inability to move about or navigate the city policies and have Access to government protocols in short a planned suppression.
They didn't know about elections, but I bet they were attending church services every Sunday and all through the week 🤔
And then they are wondering why many of us are not joining the military.
Wth!
That’s so very sad to stay stuck like that. Shame on them for not knowing C’mon yall 🙄🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And they say racist behavior don't exist
This is in ALABAMA 2024
Can't believe in this day, this nonsense still happening.
There are no more Stokely Carmichaels ir Medgar Evers anymore. Everyone is just chasing green.
You right
This is sad...And so hard to believe of in 2024...Duh? Like who? How? Can this be
😮 Please let us ALL know what can we do!!!
We have our own problems RIGHT HERE in Houston, Texas, but that's crazy 😮
If investigated, they would find this to be more wide spread, even in Ohio.
Why don’t the Governor step in to straighten these ppl out or either the Attorney General?
Thanks for getting on this big dog
Kristen M. Clarke is the Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice civil rights division. Why isn’t she all over this? Stuff like this is why she was appointed for.
The people in the town is not filing lawsuits… they again just let it go…
DARK MONEY have plenty to with it also .. anything to keep people from the voting booth
Exactly
Evil people live in a dark world, only if they know what lies beneath them!!