Graffiti advertising what the SPLC calls “White Nationalist Hate Group” in Birmingham

AT SIX STARTS NOW. NOW, THIS MORNING, IF YOU WERE DRIVING ALONG RED MOUNTAIN, YOU MAY HAVE MET WITH GRAFFITI ADVERTISING. WHAT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER CALLS A WHITE NATIONALIST HATE GROUP. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M IAN AND I’M BRITTANY DECKER. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US HERE AT 6:00. THAT GRAFFITI BY A GROUP NAMED PATRIOT FRONT WVTM 13 MATTIE DAVIS JOINING US LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT. AND THIS IS REALLY ALARMING TO SOME IN THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, IN A BEAVERTON 13 VIEWER CALL TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE MESSAGING ON THE MOUNTAIN. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY HERE BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE IT TO YOUR RIGHT IF YOU’RE HEADING INTO DOWN TOWN, BIRMINGHAM. BUT IT’S CLEARLY VISIBLE, GOING EITHER DIRECTION. THE IDEAS OF THIS GROUP PATRIOT FRONT, SOMETHING THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SAYS THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE. RECLAIM AMERICA POSTED ON RED MOUNTAIN. ERIC HOME WITH BIRMINGHAM. BLACK LIVES MATTER FINDS THIS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. IT’S NOT JUST GRAFFITI IS HATE. IT’S A HATE MESSAGE. AND IT WAS PLACED IN A VERY INTENTIONAL PLACE. PAUL SAYS THE GROUP PATRIOT FRONT IS ROOTED IN WHITE SUPREMACY. THE MISSION, ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, IS TO, QUOTE, RETURN TO THE TRADITIONS AND VIRTUES OF OUR FOREFATHERS. IT’S NOT PATRIOTIC AT ALL. IN FACT, I FIND IT A DISGRACE. LAST SUMMER, THE GROUP MARKED VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL FOR THE TANYA TATE WORKED TO GET IT COVERED UP. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY HATE OR RACISM LANGUAGE. THE RETURN OF THE MESSAGING NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY. WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE TO TO FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME INTO THIS CITY TO DRIVE RACE RACIAL DIVIDE. PAUL SAYS EACH SECOND IT’S UP. THE MORE DAMAGED DONE. WE ARE IN A VERY TENSE STATE AND THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO PUT ONE RACE OVER ANOTHER. TO HIM, THERE’S ONLY ONE ANSWER. IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. IT NEEDS TO COME DOWN IMMEDIATELY. SOMETHING COUNCILOR TATE SAYS THE CITY WILL DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO DO. WE ARE A CITY OF UNITY. WE’RE A CITY OF LOVE. AND THAT’S THE SPIRIT THAT WE WANT TO OPERATING IN. AND AGAIN, TO THOSE THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT, YOU WILL BE PROSECUTE AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE. AND THE CITY TELLS US THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY MAINTAINED BY THE STATE. THEY SAY THAT AL DOT HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE GRAFFITI BEHIND ME AND IS ADDRESSING IT LIVE IN BIRMIN

Graffiti promoting what the SPLC calls “White Nationalist Hate Team” in Birmingham

Up to date: 7:13 PM CST Jan 27, 2023

New graffiti has seemed on Crimson Mountain Throughway selling “Patriot Entrance,” a bunch the Southern Poverty Legislation Middle calls a delegated hate team. The portray says “Reclaim The us,” a decision of motion via the crowd to “go back to the traditions and virtues of our forefathers.”Eric Corridor, with Birmingham Black Lives Topic, unearths the messaging extraordinarily alarming.”It is not simply graffiti,” Corridor stated. “It is hate. It is a hate message. And, it was once positioned in an excessively intentional position.” Closing summer season, the crowd marked quite a lot of neighborhoods in Birmingham. Town Councilor LaTonya Tate labored to get the messages coated up. “I actually wish to ship that message out to those that appear to stay getting into town and doing it that we will be able to no longer tolerate it,” Tate instructed WVTM 13. Town of Birmingham stated the realm the place the graffiti is situated on Crimson Mountain Throughway is maintained via the Alabama Division of Transportation, which is addressing it.

New graffiti has seemed on Crimson Mountain Throughway selling “Patriot Entrance,” a bunch the Southern Poverty Legislation Middle calls a delegated hate team.

The portray says “Reclaim The us,” a decision of motion via the crowd to “go back to the traditions and virtues of our forefathers.”

Eric Corridor, with Birmingham Black Lives Topic, unearths the messaging extraordinarily alarming.

“It is not simply graffiti,” Corridor stated. “It is hate. It is a hate message. And, it was once positioned in an excessively intentional position.”

Closing summer season, the crowd marked quite a lot of neighborhoods in Birmingham. Town Councilor LaTonya Tate labored to get the messages coated up.

“I actually wish to ship that message out to those that appear to stay getting into town and doing it that we will be able to no longer tolerate it,” Tate instructed WVTM 13.

Town of Birmingham stated the realm the place the graffiti is situated on Crimson Mountain Throughway is maintained via the Alabama Division of Transportation, which is addressing it.