An Alabama city councilman with a history of using racial slurs punched the city’s Black mayor Monday, police said.
An Alabama city councilman with a history of using racial slurs was arrested for punching the city’s black mayor, police said.
At the end of the meeting, Newton approached Bryant and Tarrant Police Chief Wendell Major as they were talking near a pick-up truck in the parking lot, surveillance footage released by theThe three men were briefly talking when Newton and Major stepped closer to one another. Bryant initially kept his distance but then stepped forward and knocked the mayor in the head as several witnesses looked on, video shows.
Video shows Newton run from Bryant and briefly fall to his knees before standing back up and jumping several times. He appears to yell at Bryant as Major puts the councilman’s hands behind his back to place him under arrest. Two officers escorted Bryant to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office jail as Newton walked off with his arms outstretched in disbelief.– was charged with harassment, cops said.over various topics, most notably over whether to reinstate former Fire Chief Jason Rickels after he allegedly pulled a gun on a black Georgia realtor in the realtor’s home last year.The resolution was tabled for a future meeting.
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