From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY — After multiple arrests in Hoover for disturbing the peace and loitering, the group protesting the shooting death of Emantic “EJ” Bradford has turned its attention to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
According to Carol Robinson, a group of about a dozen protesters showed up in a Montgomery neighborhood where Marshall reportedly lives. They marched through the streets for about an hour using bullhorns and sirens. They pledged to march every night until Marshall responded to them.
Montgomery Police eventually spoke with the protesters and told them that there were complaints of disturbing the peace and that they would be required to obtain a permit to march from the city. Police also warned the protesters that the neighborhood was private and the neighborhood security company could file trespassing charges against them.
The group objected to Marshall taking over the case from Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr.
Carr had previously notified Marshall of a possible perception of conflict of interest in the case. Among those concerns, several of the protesters had been active in Carr’s campaign for district attorney.
Carlos Chaverst Jr., the protest leader, has been arrested on multiple charges since the protests began. He has also been banned from the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover for one year.
Bradford was shot and killed by a Hoover police officer in the Galleria on Thanksgiving night. Hoover officials originally identified him as the shooter of an 18-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl before recanting the next day and saying Bradford likely was not the shooter.
The case remains under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.
