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Lynch Law in Tuscaloosa
the relentless, everyday oppression of Black people in tuscaloosa, alabama, united slaveholders of so-called “america”
LYNCH LAW IN TUSCALOOSA
Posted on 2026/03/09 by dirtysouth
What did the “abolition” of slavery change in tuscaloosa, alabama and the surrounding area? Not much. At least 8 Black people were lynched in tuscaloosa county from 1884 to 1933.
https://eji.org/news/eji-dedicates-marker-for-lynching-victims-in-tuscaloosa-alabama/
https://adhc.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Memory/s/alabamamemoryproject/item/450
What did the “end” of segregation laws change since then? Not much. In the last 13 years, there have been at least 11 people reported killed by police in tuscaloosa county. (This isn’t even counting people who died in jail.) At least 8 of them were Black. The most recent killing happened last month, north of the river. And there has been a conspiracy of media silence, government silence, since it was initially reported.
https://ibb.co/album/dWzgBr
A Black person who was unhoused shot back at a cop in self defense in 2019. They were just sentenced to life in prison. The city renamed a street to celebrate the dead cop. In 2023, TPD beat the shit out of a Black person and their parent for “Driving While Black” and “Defending Your Family While Black”. How are these incidents affecting police standing? TPD just got an award for “Excellence in Mental Health”.
https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/man-accused-killing-tuscaloosa-police-officer-takes-stand-day-four-capital-murder
https://www.wbrc.com/2026/02/12/tuscaloosa-man-sues-sheriff-deputies-over-2023-traffic-stop-he-says-turned-violent/
https://imginn.com/p/C1GvMfMMDJP/
https://imginn.com/p/C1G2roOuhx5/
https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/tuscaloosa-police-department-honored-expanding-mental-health-crisis-response
Anthony Farley wrote: “The so-called Civil Rights Movement has taken us from white-over-black to white-over-black to white-over-black.” In 2020 there were “Black Lives Matter” marches in tuscaloosa. What are the results? The city is overflowing with cameras in public spaces. TPD pickups and SUVs are constantly harassing people in Black neighborhoods. Everything is segregated and highly unequal, the downtown and university of alabama areas are overrun with People of Paleness enjoying their wealth. If you are unhoused you are harassed into hiding or jail or “given” a one way ticket out of the city.
These facts are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg…there is so much more to the relentless, everyday oppression of Black people in tuscaloosa, alabama, united slaveholders of so-called “america”
Submitted Anonymously
Posted on 2026/03/09 by dirtysouth
What did the “abolition” of slavery change in tuscaloosa, alabama and the surrounding area? Not much. At least 8 Black people were lynched in tuscaloosa county from 1884 to 1933.
https://eji.org/news/eji-dedicates-marker-for-lynching-victims-in-tuscaloosa-alabama/
https://adhc.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Memory/s/alabamamemoryproject/item/450
What did the “end” of segregation laws change since then? Not much. In the last 13 years, there have been at least 11 people reported killed by police in tuscaloosa county. (This isn’t even counting people who died in jail.) At least 8 of them were Black. The most recent killing happened last month, north of the river. And there has been a conspiracy of media silence, government silence, since it was initially reported.
https://ibb.co/album/dWzgBr
A Black person who was unhoused shot back at a cop in self defense in 2019. They were just sentenced to life in prison. The city renamed a street to celebrate the dead cop. In 2023, TPD beat the shit out of a Black person and their parent for “Driving While Black” and “Defending Your Family While Black”. How are these incidents affecting police standing? TPD just got an award for “Excellence in Mental Health”.
https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/man-accused-killing-tuscaloosa-police-officer-takes-stand-day-four-capital-murder
https://www.wbrc.com/2026/02/12/tuscaloosa-man-sues-sheriff-deputies-over-2023-traffic-stop-he-says-turned-violent/
https://imginn.com/p/C1GvMfMMDJP/
https://imginn.com/p/C1G2roOuhx5/
https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/tuscaloosa-police-department-honored-expanding-mental-health-crisis-response
Anthony Farley wrote: “The so-called Civil Rights Movement has taken us from white-over-black to white-over-black to white-over-black.” In 2020 there were “Black Lives Matter” marches in tuscaloosa. What are the results? The city is overflowing with cameras in public spaces. TPD pickups and SUVs are constantly harassing people in Black neighborhoods. Everything is segregated and highly unequal, the downtown and university of alabama areas are overrun with People of Paleness enjoying their wealth. If you are unhoused you are harassed into hiding or jail or “given” a one way ticket out of the city.
These facts are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg…there is so much more to the relentless, everyday oppression of Black people in tuscaloosa, alabama, united slaveholders of so-called “america”
Submitted Anonymously
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https://dirtysouth.noblogs.org/post/2026/0...
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https://channel2now.com/2025/07/18/article/news/crime/31-year-old-jaylen-reed-dies-in-crash-during-tuscaloosa-police-chase-near-cousette-street-and-the-interstate-359-overpass/
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https://www.al.com/crime/2025/07/man-killed-during-tuscaloosa-chase-police-say-lasted-30-seconds.html
The street mentioned (Investigator Dornell Cousette Street) is the one that was renamed for a dead cop.
one day in the last week of may. 2026. (on the oppressor’s kalendar.)
i went into the website for the tuskaloosa kounty jail.
&& out of about 650 or so registered kaptives.
i kounted every person who has been inside sinse 2023. (on the oppressor’s kalendar.)
so, people who been lokked up for at least 2.5 years at this point.
&& the jail website had 48 people lokked up on their list who had been in that long. of which, 37 were Blakk.
that’s 77%. in a kounty that is supposed to be around 33% Blakk. (in the oppressor’s sensus data.)
the breakdown year by year looks like this.
lokked up in 2023 – 20 Blakk ppl, 9 others.
lokked up in 2022 – 9 Blakk ppl, 1 other.
lokked up in 2021 – 7 Blakk ppl, 1 other.
lokked up in 2020 – yes, there was one Blakk person in jail in tuskaloosa who has been there sinse 2020.
i desyded to do the same thing in jefferson kounty (where birmingham is).
&& i found in their website, on the same day, 129 people who had been lokked up in jail sinse 2023 or earlier.
&& i found 114 of them were Blakk.
which is like 90%. in a kounty that’s supposed to be 43% Blakk. (in the oppressor’s sensus data.)
&& i know how i feel about this situation. && what i feel should be done about this. about jails. about kounties. about ameriKKKan states & the ameriKKKan way of life.
but what i don’t know is. now that YOU know.
what do YOU feel about this situation.
&& what do YOU feel should be done.
&& what will YOU do about jails ?
about kounties ?
about ameriKKKan states ?
about the ameriKKKan way of life ?
{{how}} will WE akt ?
Submitted Anonymously
Posted in General, Prisoner UpdatesTagged abolition, Alabama, anti-Black violence, prisoner solidarity, Tuscaloosa