These Four People Were Sued For $30 Million For Trying To Stop A Toxic Landfill
After being sued for $30 million by a corporate landfill owner for “speaking their truth in order to protect their community,” four residents of Uniontown, Alabama—a poor, predominantly Black town with a median per capita income of around $8,000—are fighting back. On Thursday, the ACLU asked a federal court to dismiss the defamation lawsuit against Esther Calhoun, Benjamin Eaton, Ellis B. Long, and Mary B. Schaeffer—all members of the community group Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice. The defendants are being sued by Georgia-based Green Group Holdings for speaking out against the polluting, hazardous coal ash that...
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