Editing Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (section)

===2000 to Present===
On April 27, 2011, the city of Tuscaloosa was hit by a half-mile (800 m) wide [[2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado|EF4 tornado]], which was part of the [[2011 Super Outbreak]]. It resulted in at least 44 deaths in the city, over 1000 injuries, and massive devastation.<ref name="MSNBC">{{Cite web |title=Twister outbreak is second deadliest in US history |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42834400 |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="blog.al.com">{{Cite web |last=Kausler Jr. |first=Don |date=2011-04-28 |title=Tuscaloosa tornadoes: Death toll at 36, Mayor Walt Maddox says |url=https://www.al.com/spotnews/2011/04/tuscaloosa_tornadoes_death_tol.html |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=AL.com |language=en}}</ref> Officials at DCH Hospital (alone) in Tuscaloosa reported treating more than 1000 injured people in the first several days of the tornado aftermath.<ref name="reuters.com">{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2011 |title=Tornadoes inflict grim toll on Alabama children |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-children-idUSTRE73S7MU20110429 |access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref> Mayor Maddox was quoted saying that "We have neighborhoods that have been basically removed from the map."<ref>{{cite web|date=April 29, 2011|title=Twister debris searched; nearly 300 dead - Weather|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42794539|access-date=July 10, 2013|publisher=NBC News}}</ref> On April 29, President Barack Obama, upon touring the tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, said "I have never seen devastation like this".<ref>{{cite web|date=April 29, 2011|title=President Obama, First Lady Tour Alabama Tornado Damage - ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-obama-lady-tour-alabama-tornado-damage/story?id=13489876|access-date=July 10, 2013|publisher=Abcnews.go.com}}</ref>

In the decade since, more than $1 billion in public and private funding<ref>{{Cite web|title='Day You'll Never Forget': Decade After Deadly Tuscaloosa Tornado, Recovery Is Uneven|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/27/991277578/day-youll-never-forget-decade-after-deadly-tuscaloosa-tornado-recovery-is-uneven|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> has assisted the community in recovery. Former Tuscaloosa City Council President told NPR in 2021, "Black, white, young and old come together and we worked through this thing and made Tuscaloosa what it is today."

According to a police violence tracking website, police have killed directly or indirectly 18 people over the last 21 years in the county, half of them African American.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Searches – Fatal Encounters|url=https://fatalencounters.org/view/person/|access-date=September 30, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>