After Gov. Ivey announced new private prison plans and the DOJ sued Alabama for its "unconstitutional conditions" in men's prisons, students across Alabama formed a new group calling for change: Alabama Students Against Prisons.
William Watson, 23, of Auburn, Alabama, was taken into custody Lee County Sheriff s deputies on Monday for his role in the MAGA mob riot at the United States Capitol in Washington on January 6.
Republican AGs group leader quits over call pushing protest
By MEG KINNARDJanuary 12, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2007, file photo, Adam Piper, one of only four full-time staffers for Mike Huckabee s presidential campaign in South Carolina, answers calls and returns emails from the state campaign headquarters in Columbia, S.C. Piper, the executive director of a national group that advocates for Republican attorneys general has resigned in the fallout of a robocall sent out by the association’s political arm urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol last week ahead of the violent assault that followed. The Republican Attorneys General Association and the Rule of Law Defense Fund accepted the voluntary resignation of Piper on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
2021/01/12 07:50 FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2007, file photo, Adam Piper, one of only four full-time staffers for Mike Huckabee s presidential campaign in South Carolina,. FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2007, file photo, Adam Piper, one of only four full-time staffers for Mike Huckabee s presidential campaign in South Carolina, answers calls and returns emails from the state campaign headquarters in Columbia, S.C. Piper, the executive director of a national group that advocates for Republican attorneys general has resigned in the fallout of a robocall sent out by the association’s political arm urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol last week ahead of the violent assault that followed. The Republican Attorneys General Association and the Rule of Law Defense Fund accepted the voluntary resignation of Piper on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall plays a key role in the group that helped organize the protest rally that took place in D.C. prior to the deadly revolt at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Marshall is at the helm of the Republican Attorneys General Association’s dark-money nonprofit, Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), which is listed as a participating organization for the March to Save America on the march’s website. Although the website has been taken down, archived versions confirm RLDF as a participating group, according to Alabama Political Reporter.