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February 6, 2019

Alabama AG Clears Officer for Killing Man Wrongly Believed to Be Mall Shooter
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In Alabama, the attorney general cleared the officer who shot and killed
21-year-old African-American man E.J. Bradford at a Birmingham-area mall
on Thanksgiving Day, after responding to an unrelated shooting. The ACLU
of Alabama said in a statement, "The … characterization of E.J. Bradford
as a 'threat' that needed 'eliminating' reveals how little regard the
Attorney General has for the life of this Black man. … We won't stay
quiet while law enforcement continues to inflict lethal violence against
Black people and attempt to justify it." Bradford's family says they
will sue.


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