In Chilton County, Alabama, on August 31, 2020, a sequence of events tragically culminated in the death of 54-year-old Robert Earl Jackson. A Black man from Thorsby, Jackson was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers. The incident began around 12:30 p.m. when Thorsby police attempted to pull over Jackson for a traffic violation after he reportedly failed to yield at a stop sign, nearly causing an accident.
As officers approached his vehicle on Montgomery Avenue, Ja
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