A party that can’t figure out the present tries to pull Alabama back to the past

By: Brian Lyman

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 898

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

Montgomery reported 61 homicides last year. That was the same as in 2024, but fewer than the 73 that occurred in 2023.

To state the obvious, one homicide is one too many. The 61 lives taken in the capital city last year matter as much as the 88 in Birmingham, the 32 in Mobile and the 21 in Huntsville.

But Republicans are singling out Montgomery, a majority-Black city, as the target for …

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