As cities across the country brace for a weekend of protests, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said that demonstrators have a constitutional right to gather peacefully, and that he doesn’t expect any trouble at the upcoming “No Kings” rally on Saturday.
Speaking Wednesday, Burch addressed controversy over comments he made the day before on a radio show, where his remarks appeared to support granting legal immunity to drivers who strike protesters blocking roads.
“I didn’t, by any means, insinuate plowing through a crowd at 55 mph,” Burch told AL.com, one day after his monthly appearance on the “Midday Mobile” radio show on FM Talk 106.5…