The patch worn by Alabama state troopers includes the Confederate battle flag. (Joe Songer/jsonger@al.com). The fight against the Confederate flag is moving from the Alabama state Capitol to the ...

MONTGOMERY — An Alabama legislator wants the state to remove the Confederate flag from the uniforms of state troopers. Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, sent a Wednesday letter to Gov.

State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, has written a letter asking Gov. Robert Bentley to issue an executive order removing an emblem that includes the Confederate flag from Alabama State Trooper ...

Every day that Keith Jackson put on his Alabama state trooper’s uniform, on the sleeve was a reminder of the state’s racist and painful past: The Confederate battle flag, which is part of ...

(AP) — Every day that Keith Jackson put on his Alabama state trooper’s uniform, on the sleeve was a reminder of the state’s racist and painful past: The Confederate battle flag, which is ...

An Alabama chapter of the NAACP says it's time to remove the Confederate battle flag from state troopers' uniforms and patrol vehicles. Rev. Robert Shanklin of the NAACP's Huntsville chapter told ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama chapter of the NAACP says it’s time to remove the Confederate battle flag from state troopers’ uniforms and patrol vehicles. Rev. Robert Shanklin of the ...

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has directed that four Confederate flags be taken down from a Confederate memorial at the state capitol. Bentley’s order comes just two days after South Carolina Gov.

(AP) — Every day that Keith Jackson put on his Alabama state trooper’s uniform, on the sleeve was a reminder of the state’s racist and painful past: The Confederate battle flag, which is ...