Brett Coburn

This is shameful, but it is encouraging to see the police administration handle it properly. Even Langford came down on the right side on this one.

My feeling is that Birmingham may have a lot of problems, but the scars from the civil rights era have prevented the blatant abuses we are seeing in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and other US cities. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I just haven’t heard of many issues like this one in the Birmingham area. Either the media isn’t reporting on it or the police are actually acting as professional LEOs — with a handful of exceptions, of course.

Anyway, kudos to the city for dealing with this case.