Black Lives Matter Protestors Indicted on Federal Arson Charges
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
October 25, 2025
HOMEWOOD Ala. Two Black Lives Matter protestors previously arrested in the arson of a Walmart store have now been indicted on federal charges.
Lillian Colburn and Mercutio Southall are now facing additional charges for arson after the two reportedly set fire to a shopping cart in a crowded Walmart in August.
The protesters were among a few dozen who came to the area to demand “justice” after the officer-involved shooting of Jabari Peoples. A shooting which District Attorney Danny Carr ruled was justified after video evidence confirmed what the Homewood Police Department stated immediately following the tragic shooting—that the officer acted in self-defense and that Peoples was armed.
The indictment states that the defendants, “each aided and abetted by the other, and others known and unknown to the grand jury, did maliciously damage and destroy, and attempt to damage and destroy, by means of fire, a building and other real and personal property used in interstate and foreign commerce and in activities affecting interstate and foreign commerce, to wit: the Walmart Supercenter store located at 209 Lakeshore Pkwy, Homewood, Alabama 35209, and store merchandise, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 844(i) and 2.”
Both of the indicted people have been active in criminal activity, including Southall who has a lengthy criminal history. He is currently on probation for a 2024 police chase that resulted in charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, second-degree possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and attempting to elude.
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