Black Voters Felt Intimidated by Police, Armed Trump Supporters at Southern Voting Sites: Report
Increased police presence at polling places across the South led to isolated incidents of harassment and intimidation, primarily directed toward Black voters. But in a seemingly "unprecedented" paradox, local officers were often stationed at election sites to help prevent "self-deputized" white supremacists groups or armed supporters of former President Donald Trump from "monitoring" voters.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) last week released a 2020 election report, which detailed cases of voter intimidation, suppression and pandemic problems across several states with a history of "racial gerrymandering." The report, Overcoming the Unprecedented: Southern Voters' Battle Against Voter Suppression, Intimidation, and a Virus, looked at the complex challenges that emerged as a result of there being a high-profile election combined with tense racial and pandemic health issues.
The report noted that voting rights advocates "typically discourage the presence of law enforcement officers" at polls, due to intimidation concerns. It also highlighted numerous anecdotes in which Black or minority voters felt intimidated by the presence of "loitering" local officers, or gun-toting amateur "election monitors."
In Autauga County, Alabama, a responding deputy turned out to be a bigger problem than the disturbance for which he was called, even leveling interrogation-type questions toward Black voters. The "hostile" deputy was "clearly not familiar with basic electioneering laws," the report stated.
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And OUTRAGE. 
