A community activist was arrested Tuesday after speaking at a Birmingham City Council meeting and then demanding to talk with Mayor Randall Woodfin, who didn’t attend the meeting.
Eric Hall, an activist with Black Lives Matter Birmingham Grassroots, and two other speakers addressed the council about recent deaths at the Birmingham City Jail. Two people have died in the jail since Thursday. A statement the mayor’s office released Monday said both deaths were related to what it calls “apparent self-harm” incidents and circumstances surrounding the deaths are being examined independently.
Speaking during the council meeting, Hall said inhumane conditions and neglect have caused deaths at the jail…