Cara McClure, activist and community organizer, and Onoyemi Williams, also a grassroots activist, joined Sputnik Radio’s By Any Means Necessary from Alabama to discuss the story.
“There’s 32 municipalities in Jefferson County. In this particular municipality where this mall is located, there’s a history of not necessarily an even playing field, to say it in a delicate manner, when it comes to dealing with African Americans who are found present in that district. So for this to take place… it added to the grief that the community was feeling,” Williams told Sputnik.