The area has seen horrific crimes before, but not like this one. There was so much blood on the sidewalks that a water tanker had to refill to wash it all away.
“This is a great step forward, but we still have to have our primary focus set on those benefits, wages and working conditions," the FOP president said.
More than half of all churches in Alabama and the Panhandle disaffiliated over the past several years. Many opposed same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
"A small number of residents have not departed," said city spokesman Rick Journey. "Social services have been engaged to assist residents at the scene.”