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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAla. businesses man burned out for supporting BLM
This is a good man from all I know.
Jerome Gunn has been leading the Black Lives Matter Movement in Gadsden since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. In the months since, he has received threats from the community, harassment from Gadsden Police with bogus warrants and received hate mail at his business and now it has turned into violence.
Last night his business was broken into and an explosive (bomb) was placed inside - resulting in a fire that has completely damaged the building. THIS IS TERRORISM! THIS IS A HATE CRIME! We stand with Jerome and we are asking you to do the same. This building was his source of income. This building has also hosted free brake light repair clinics, food and clothes for the homeless every Sunday, back to school drives for Gadsden kids and last but not least this is where he holds all his marches and Black Lives Matter meetings in the community. Jerome paid out of his pocket for more than 13 people that were affected by an apartment complex fire to help those in need with hotel rooms. He has also helped people in the Birmingham area with donating $500 to get their water cut back on due to the crisis with Covid 19 and even paid for 25 hotel rooms when Jacksonville,Al was damaged by tornadoes. He has done so much in the community it's hard to list it all.
gofund me page info. above
Link to Ala. news article:
https://www.alreporter.com/2020/11/12/fire-at-gadsden-black-lives-matter-activists-business-being-investigated-as-arson/
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Ala. businesses man burned out for supporting BLM (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Nov 2020
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littlemissmartypants
(22,797 posts)1. Link to GFM account:
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. Thank you for the link.
Celerity
(43,497 posts)2. They need to bulldoze that fucking traitorous monument to Emma Sansom (she aided future KKK founder
Nathan Bedford Forrest in capturing Union troops.) Those white power traitor-loving deep south cities need the nazi/klan beat out of them with an iron fist.