Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20170110:18:54:00
State of alabama, the state was sued not just about hitching posts, but also about chain gangs, prison policies and alabama said a man could be put on a chain gang if he failed to shave or keep his bed clean, if he disrespected a member of the staff you would end up doing hard labor, breaking rocks while being chained together in groups of five, shackled with 8 feet of chain between them. these practices, the case that was demonstrated were disproportionately affecting african-americans. in later litigation, the practice of using the hitching post was called by an alabama judge "the most painf...