Caravan for Racial Justice

07/17/2023

07/15/2023

***Update: July 28, 2023***

Charges Filed Against Carlee Russell

The Hoover Police Department is announcing criminal charges have been filed against Carlee Russell related to the investigation that has been underway since July 13th, 2023, the night that Ms. Russell went missing from the side of I-459. Investigators met with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in Bessemer and presented all of the known facts to them. After consulting with the Court Clerk, the case was referred back to the Hoover Municipal Court for charging. The following warrants were issued:

Carlethia Nichole Russell 25-years-old Hoover, AL

• False Reporting to Law Enforcement Authorities $1,000 Bond
• Falsely Reporting an Incident $1,000 Bond
$2,000.00 Total Bond

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***Update: July 15, 2023 11:30 pm***

CARLEE RUSSELL LOCATED

Missing person Carlee Russell has been located. At 10:45 P.M., the Hoover 911 center received a call that Carlee returned home to her residence. Police responded to the scene to investigate this latest development in the case. Hoover Fire medics responded to the scene to assess Carlee and transported her to a local hospital for evaluation. Additional information will be provided when it becomes available.
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Hoover Police Investigating Missing Person

On 7/13/2023 at approximately 9:34 PM the Hoover 911 Center received a call from a 25-year-old female on I-459 South near mile marker 11 who reported she saw a toddler walking on the side of the interstate. After calling 911 the caller stopped to check on the child and called a family member to report the same details. The family member lost contact with her, but the line remained open. Officers who were already en route to the location of the initial 911 call located the female’s vehicle and some of her belongings nearby, but were unable to find her or a child in the area. Hoover Police have not received any other calls of someone missing a small child.

Detectives are currently investigating this incident and are requesting the public’s assistance to help locate the missing person. She is identified as Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, a 25-year-old black female who is 5’4, 150-160 lbs. She was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants and white Nike shoes. Anyone who believes they may have seen Russell or may have any information about this case is asked to call Detective Brad Fountain at 205-444-7562. A photo of Russell is attached.


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06/17/2023

03/08/2022

Brian O. Beck, 47, was indicted by a grand jury in June 2018 on charges of aggravated assault, r**e and sexual battery by an authority figure, according to court documents from Shelby County. He reached a deal with prosecutors on Feb. 28 in which he pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault.

01/05/2022

Faith Community… We need You now more than EVER! Sign on to the Clergy and Religious Leader Voting Rights Letter… it’s not too late… more than 800 clergy and faith leaders across the country have signed on.

Thank you to the African American Christian Clergy Coalition, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Faithful Democracy, Faith in Public Life, the National Council of Jewish Women, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, People For the American Way, The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, T’ruah, and the Washington National Cathedral who made this possible.

It’s time to stop lamenting the state of our democracy and take action to address it. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so valiantly said in his Give Us The Ballot address, “the denial of this sacred right [to vote] is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition.” That is why this Martin Luther King Day, we will not accept empty promises. Congress must serve the nation and future generations by immediately passing voting rights legislation.

Will you add your voice and power to amplify this message? We are asking clergy and women, men, person religious (including Nuns, Brothers) to join as signatories before 6:00 pm ET on Monday, December 20 and share with your fellow clergy and women, men, person, religious leaders to do the same. Plea...

11/04/2021

As a proud sponsor of Just Democracy's fight to eliminate the Jim Crow filibuster. Help us make calls To Sen. Sinema & tell her to stop choosing the filibuster over her constituents: 1-480-712-8037. Take more action at

As long as Sinema chooses the filibuster, she’s not choosing us

10/30/2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– On Tuesday and Wednesday, Just Democracy coalition members Stephany Spaulding and Shenika Carter joined Take Back the Court for the and Demand Justice for the lobby day, both calling for our federal courts to be reformed. During Demand Justice’s lobby day, people from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. on the anniversary of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to lobby elected officials to pass the Judiciary Act, which would add four seats to the Supreme Court in order to balance the seats stolen by President Donald Trump.

“Our judiciary has never represented the true diversity of America, and it’s about time that we had a Supreme Court that looks more like us deciding the fate of pivotal cases on abortion, criminal justice, gun control, and more,” said Shenika Carter, Coalition Member of Just Democracy and Founder and Executive Director of Caravan 4 Racial Justice.

We need real change. Now more than ever. Join the fight for bold democratic reforms: JustDemocracy.us

10/27/2021

Ready for tomorrow to join Lobby Day! Sometimes you have to pull up to save Democracy… Black & Brown Communities can no longer stay on the sidelines because our rights depend on it. Representation reflective of all communities is necessary.

10/11/2021