Mayor Arrested After Council Argument

Alabama Mayor  Councilwoman Linda Renn-Pierce who is white says during the council meeting Tuesday Murphy threatened to burn a cross in her yard.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, September 04, 2008 - 9:51 am CST Last Updated: Thu, September 04, 2008 - 9:56 am CST
CENTREVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Centreville's mayor is facing charges
of harassment and disorderly conduct after being accused of
threatening to burn a cross in the yard of a city councilwoman.
Mayor Dalton Murphy turned himself in Wednesday, posted $500
bail on each misdemeanor charge and spent no time behind bars.
Councilwoman Linda Renn-Pierce, who is white, says during the
council meeting Tuesday, Murphy threatened to burn a cross in her
yard. The two were arguing about the firing of three black city
workers.
The mayor, who is white, says he fired the workers because they
were not watering plants in the town square.
Renn-Pierce says that was not true and that the mayor frequently
uses the N-word and talks about his Ku Klux Klan meetings. Murphy
declined comment.


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Didn’t sa y you NEEDED my approval, just stating that I don’ tbelieve that is the civilized way to confront or talk about racism, using racist terms to discribe a racist is that the best way to halndle the problem.  Thats all I’m saying.  Talk about people in glass houses…....?

I am calling it like it is. Like Palin, I don’t need your approval.

Mercy ! Where did all that anger come from southfan1981. Don’t be so bashful,let everyone know how you feel. I used to know an old fellow,let’s just say older than myself, and he was angry about something doing with some people getting special treatment from the government and he vowed to join the Klan. As a bit of humor I bought him a white sheet with flowers all over it and cut the eyes and mouth and gave it to him. I told him if he was going to stand around with a group with sheets over their heads I wanted to know which one he was. The humor defused a lot of the anger, now let’s see what Southfan1981 is so angry about.

There you go Southfan, use racially charged remarks to discribe somebody that may be racist.  I do not approve of your comment even if you do come back and say it was sarcasm.

Bunch of Wonderbread tornado bait tag-along trailer trash.

This all boils down to stupidity, you can’t fix stupid…....

kwb1973 I agree w/ you 100%!!!

I agree w/what everyone is saying in this post, and I am black. There is a difference between a Confederate flag aka Confederate States flag and a rebel flag. Look up the history. Second, anybody using the N-word around me gets the look of ignorance from me white, black or polka dot. Thirdly, who can say that they are black or white in America. We are all mixed with something, believe it or not. Just think Caucasions with brown eyes, hmmm. Do a DNA gene test, you’ll be surprised. There are some people that look white, but are black. Be careful what you say around people. You never know who that person is truly.

Why doesnt anyone ever talk about black liberation theology & how that is racist?? & how come we have to say the n word but its ok to say
cracker or honkie?? which are racist comments?? & I am sick of black people saying they were slaves. NO you weren’t you are descendants of slaves. BUT black people were not the only slaves their were white people who were slaves. & the only people who had slaves were rich people. & why are black people singled out to be the race that people are prejudice against? what about native americans or the irish?? black people were sold to slave traders by other BLACK people who lived in africa!!!! the man who wrote amazing grace was white & a slave in africa for 7 years b4 he was set free & bcame a slave trader. yes white people are racist but so are black people & every other race!!!

Consider all Americans as Americans,not as African Americans or Spanish or Mexican Americans or what ever. Pick your friends by how they act and what they do that pleases or displeases you. It doesn’t matter if they are white or black or yellow or any other color and don’t try to make them your friends because of their color either. We all discriminate in one form or another,some just carry it to extremes from all the races. If you don’t like what someone is saying, walk away and leave them to their own ends. Unless they are threatening some illegal act against you or someone else,ignore them. Every one has the right to state how they feel even if most people don’t like it. The foolish are like the poor , they will always be with us.

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