Jun 4, 2020

Unregistered Gatherings...How Far? Too Far!

The Park was first named Capitol Park because the city expected the state capitol to be move from Montgomery to Birmingham.

     The city of Birmingham has installed fence around Linn Park to block demonstrations.
     It sounds like something the city would have done in the civil rights years in 1950's and 1960's.
     But according to a statement from the city, it has happened now.    
     In 2020.
     To block protestors.
     Think about that. 
     The black mayor of Birmingham has installed fence around the park to prevent "unregistered gatherings"....like the one that tried, but failed, to tear down the confederate monument there a week ago. (The mayor then had a company take down the monument.) And like the ones held in the city during the Civil Rights Era.

Here's the full press release from Mayor Randall L. Woodfin

"Statement concerning current misinformation about civil unrest

As a city, our main priority is to keep our residents, employees, businesses and visitors safe and updated with credible information.
We have received many inquiries that the city is shutting down today due to potential unrest. This is not true. To be clear, the city has not announced a shut down nor does it plan to announce a shut down today.
We remain in constant contact with Birmingham police and other law enforcement on a local, state and federal level about threats connected to the city. All official notices about closings or imminent threats will come from the Mayor’s Office of Public Information.
Yesterday evening, City Hall was placed on a brief lockdown after officials learned that individuals in Linn Park had been in cities where there had been peaceful protests that were followed by civil unrest. There was no civil unrest near City Hall yesterday. However, a group gathered in Linn Park refused to leave after the city’s 7 p.m. curfew. Following their failure to disperse, they were arrested.
Today, fencing has been placed around Linn Park for public safety purposes to ensure unregistered gatherings do not occur.
-Mayor’s Office of Public Information-"





How many of the civil rights protests in Linn Park were "unregistered? All?

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