More on Demolition of Black-Owned Homes In Montgomery, Alabama (Short But Powerful)

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David T. Beito - 8/27/2010

Gus, my sense is that something like that is happening but I live some distance from Montgomery. Ultimately, the locals are going to have to lead this battle.

Gus diZerega - 8/22/2010

Great work David. I hope you can make a big difference.

One possibility to explore - when similar shenanigans were taking place in Vancouver, BC, the city first used red-lining to make it difficult for home owners to repair and improve their property. Then, when the results of the red lining became visible to all, they argued these places were slums and condemned them. I have no idea whether similar stuff is happening with the criminal class of rulers in Montgomery.

Their abuses of law and basic decency finally fueled a movement that expelled them from office, so the Vancouver case had a decent long run outcome, but not till many decent people had lost their houses.

David T. Beito - 8/22/2010

I really appreciate that. The report only touches on the surface. Sadly, the national talking heads on Fox don't seem interested in this. Appaently, they'd rather talk about the need use eminent domain against the "evil mosque." Meanwhile, the city of Montgomery is stepping up the pressure.

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel - 8/20/2010

Your doing good work on this, David. Keep it up.