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2 | LAGNIAPPE | April 28, 2016 - May 4, 2016 LAGNIAPPE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WEEKLY APRIL 28, 2016 –MA Y 4, 2016 | www.lagniappemobile.com BAY BRIEFS Ashley Trice Co-publisher/Editor A recent move by the city of Daphne [email protected] to consolidate polling places may draw an investigation by the U.S. Rob Holbert Department of Justice. Co-publisher/Managing Editor 5 [email protected] COMMENTARY Steve Hall A tale of two airplanes. Marketing/Sales Director [email protected] Gabriel Tynes 14 Assistant Managing Editor [email protected] BUSINESS Dale Liesch The Fuse Project has nearly reached Reporter its maximum team limit for this year’s [email protected] Dragon Boat Races. Jason Johnson 22 Reporter [email protected] CUISINE Eric Mann Our reviewer was Reporter [email protected] CONTENTS expecting something good at Thyme by Kevin Lee Associate Editor/Arts Editor the Bay, but found [email protected] something amazing. 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Revelers tossed back more beers than mullet at the Flora-Bama last For Lagniappe home delivery visit www.lagniappemobile.com/lagniappehd 58 weekend. Or call Mary Burts at 251-450-4466 April 28, 2016 - May 4, 2016 | LAGNIAPPE | 3 POLICEDISPATCH GOINGPOSTAL Cop was unfairly punished Bystander injured in DIP shootout The University of South Alabama is setting Police responded to reports of a man being shot April 21 after hicle for reckless driving near the intersection of Cottage Hill Road a chaotic course by following a trend across our a 29-year-old was grazed by a stray bullet at a gas station on and University Boulevard, when the vehicle refused to stop. nation which ignores the rule of law. I reference Dauphin Island Parkway during an exchange of gunfire. While the After attempting to overtake the vehicle for a short distance, the recent incident of refusal by a student to obey unidentified victim was treated for minor injuries and released, an MPD spokesperson said the patrol officers abandoned the an order by the campus police concerning a holster the two men who opened fire on one another are facing criminal chase over concerns for public safety. However, authorities said charges over the incident. the vehicle, driven by 16-year-old Cameron Fernandez, contin- on his side. Mobile Police say 40-year-old Adrian Hunter was near a gas ued to travel westbound and pass vehicles in the eastbound lane An “anonymous caller” had reported a gun on pump at the station when he proceeded to enter the passenger side of traffic. campus earlier. When the police saw the student’s of a vehicle. At that point, according to surveillance video re- Finally, Fernandez struck several vehicles at the Knollwood holster, they did exactly what they should have. leased to the media, 21-year-old Kittrell Brown pulled up driving intersection — a collision that injured six people, including two They had no way of knowing if there was also another vehicle and began firing a handgun at Hunter, police said. female juveniles who were ejected from their vehicle. While he was not hit, Hunter can be seen reaching into his car Police say six subjects were transported to a local hospital by a gun. Instead of the student cooperating in a to remove an object that — in the surveillance footage — appears ambulance while a seventh was taken by a privately owned vehicle. respectful manner, he made a statement which to be a weapon. Both cars are then seen leaving the gas station. In addition to attempting to elude, Fernandez has also been provoked the offer and the led to a citation being As MPD officers arrived to canvass the area, they located, charged with six counts of assault and giving police a false identity. issued. detained and arrested both subjects. Upon “investigation” by the university, it was According to Mobile County Metro Jail records, Brown has Teen shot to death Sunday afternoon been charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied build- Shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, MPD personnel determined the officer violated the student’s rights, ing/vehicle and second-degree assault, while Hunter faces a single responded to the Azalea Pointe Apartments in Mobile for reports at which time the officer was placed on unpaid charge of reckless endangerment. of gunfire. Upon their arrival, officers located 18-year-old Harvey leave for five days. Not only he but his family will Both men were transferred to jail on the the same day but have Reed in the back parking lot suffering from a single gunshot suffer, all because he was carrying out his duty to since been released on bond to await trial. wound to the chest. protect the other students from possible harm. The victim, police said, was struck while caught in the crossfire Reed was transported to a local hospital for medical attention, between the two individuals and is expected to make a full recovery. but later died, making the incident Mobile’s 15th homicide of 2016. All this while the student bathes in the limelight Although authorities haven’t released any information regard- as a campus hero, which will certainly encourage 16-year-old arrested following police chase, ing a suspect, a spokesperson said officers were investigating a others to follow his example. Before long no one car accident possible motive as of Monday afternoon. in his right mind will seek a career in law enforce- On Tuesday, April 19, a 16-year-old male led officers in Mobile Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call ment. The good guys do not win anymore … sad! on a brief car chase that ended in a five-vehicle accident at the inter- Mobile Police at 251-208-7211 or CrimeStoppers of Southwest section of College Hill Road and Knollwood Drive. Alabama at 251-208-7000. According to Mobile Police, an officer attempted to stop a ve- Compiled by Jason Johnson Claude Wyndham, Chickasaw 4 | LAGNIAPPE | April 28, 2016 - May 4, 2016 BAYBRIEF | DAPHNE DOJ opinion sought on Daphne poll plan BY ERIC MANN/REPORTER | [email protected] national civil rights organization has in the city, saying the plan will increase travel sent a letter to the U.S. Department of time for residents in the city’s districts most Justice demanding it investigate claims heavily populated by minorities. by some residents in Daphne’s heavily “We believe the voting rights of the city’s Aminority voting districts that the city’s recent electorate would be best served by reinstat- polling place consolidation plan amounts to the ing the polling locations, particularly those disenfranchisement of black voters. that serve areas of the city where there are In March, the Daphne City Council voted substantial concentrations of black voters,” 4-3 to approve a redistricting plan and the con- the letter reads. solidation of polling places from five locations The VRI’s letter to the Daphne City Coun- to just two citywide. With the new plan, resi- cil was written on behalf of the Southern Co- dents in Districts 1-5 will vote at the Daphne alition for Justice’s client, the Baldwin County Civic Center, while the remaining two districts Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, will vote at Daphne High School’s Trojan Hall. whose president, Willie Williams, has been Longtime Daphne resident and former a mayoral candidate and frequent and vocal board of registrars member Eartha Martin said critic of the city.