The popular country trio announced Thursday morning that it is dropping “Antebellum” — a word widely understood to refer to the period before the Civil War — from its name and will officially adopt “the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start.”,“When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the Southern ‘antebellum’ style home where we took our first photos,” the group.“But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word,” the trio continued, acknowledging the central role of slavery during the period.“We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued.
Lady Antebellum is now Lady A. “The answer is that we can make no excuse for our lateness to this realization. Several officers in the Aurora Police Department were fired on July 3, 2020, after photos surfaced in which the officers reenacted the choke hold near the site of McClain's arrest.Riots over the summer in Aurora included a July 3 incident in which demonstrators barricaded police inside a precinct building for seven hours.Prosecutors charged Lillian House and Joel Northam, organizers for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, as well as Whitney Lucero with first-degree kidnapping in connection with the July 3 demonstration. Here are some key details surrounding the potential nomination and confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice. However, Colorado demonstrations also protested the August, 2019, death of Elijah McClain, an African American man who died after being put in a choke hold by officers in Aurora. The band formerly known as Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A. The defendants "unlawfully and feloniously attempted to imprison or forcibly secrete 18 officers with the intent to force them or another person to make a concession to secure their release," prosecutors said in a press release. None came back.Texas police officer charged in death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman whose killing was captured on video,Sources: Russian aggression against U.S. intelligence satellites sparks congressional briefing,Rochester: Two killed and 14 wounded after mass shooting at party in New York state,Fauci says he'll take responsibility if a coronavirus vaccine rolled out in the US is faulty,How He Made $2.8M Trading Stocks Part-Time At Home,Students and parents complained after a Dallas high school's class assignment placed the accused Kenosha shooter on a list of 'modern heroes',CDC: Measures to control coronavirus have brought flu infections to 'historic lows',Mail-in ballot law in Pennsylvania has driven out nearly a quarter of state's top election officials,Fact check: Fake Kamala Harris quote that 'our military are soulless cowards' is from satire site,The man behind Trump’s campaign against 'critical race theory',Mass suspension of German police officers who shared pictures of Hitler and doctored images of refugees in gas chambers,Michigan residents urged to stay indoors as scientists race to deal with threat of rare mosquito-borne disease,How Trump could replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court, even before election,The physician accused of performing unwanted hysterectomies in an ICE detention center is not a board certified OB-GYN,Fact check: If the vice president becomes president, House speaker doesn't become new VP,Ex-officer indicted for fatally shooting Texas woman whose dog ran at him,Michelle Obama: We would never have 'gotten away with' running the country like Trump,A Florida bar owner is banning customers from wearing masks and asking them to leave if they do,Communist Organizers Arrested after Allegedly Barricading Officers Inside Aurora Police Department,Op-Ed: Democrats have a secret weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement. Country group Lady Antebellum is making a huge change to their band – they are changing its name. See. They should use it.