And each successive generation continued that ongoing work.īut then the violent mob of January 6th, 2021, empowered and encouraged by a defeated former president, sought to win through violence what he had lost at the ballot box, to impose the will of the mob, to overturn a free and fair election, and, for the first time - the first time in American history, they - to stop the peaceful transfer of power. And from those moments of darkness and despair came light and hope.ĭemocrats, Republicans, and independents worked to pass the historic Civil Rights Act and the voting rights legislation. They stopped - time stopped, and they forced the country to confront the hard truths and to act - to act to keep the promise of America alive: the promise that holds that we’re all created equal but, more importantly, deserve to be treated equally. They stopped when John and many others seeking justice were beaten and bloodied while crossing the bridge at Selma named after the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. In their lifetimes, time stopped when a bomb blew up the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and murdered four little girls. And here in the district - as was pointed out - represented and reflected the life of beloved friend, John Lewis. We visited the sacred Ebenezer Baptist Church and paused to prayed at the crypt of Dr. We stand on the grounds that connect Clark Atlanta - Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and near Spelman College - the home of generations of advocates, activists, educators and preachers young people, just like the students here, who have done so much to build a better America. Today, we come to Atlanta - the cradle of civil rights - to make clear what must come after that dreadful day when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy. Last week, President Harris and I stood in the United States Capitol to observe one of those “before and after” moments in American history: January 6th insurrection on the citadel of our democracy. In the words of Scripture, they remind us to “hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the gate.” And they force us to confront hard truths about ourselves, about our institutions, and about our democracy. They rip away the trivial from the essential. On Thursday evening and Friday morning, the county’s Ombudsman’s Office informed both agencies that all six Freedom of Information Act requests had been signed off on and were in the mail.THE PRESIDENT: In our lives and the lives of our nation - the life of our nation, there are moments so stark that they divide all that came before from everything that followed. Because the county was unable to estimate when the tapes would be mailed, FITSNews and Murdaugh Murders Podcast decided to wait for confirmation before announcing the news. ”After speaking with the County Attorney and conferring with outside council, we have elected to release the requested audio files in light of the court’s ruling,” Ziegler wrote. On Tuesday evening, assistant Richland County attorney Chris Ziegler emailed FITSNews executive editor Liz Farrell to inform her of their decision. These same outlets remained silent as Murdaugh’s “bulldog” attorneys sought to stop their release through frivolous use of the federal court system.
They are being sent to us … as well as to all the other media agencies that requested the tapes after we first published them in February. In other words, the tapes are in the mail. "After fighting for the release of Alex Murdaugh’s calls for more than three months, FITSNews and Murdaugh Murders Podcast learned earlier this week that our (lone) battle has been won.
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