Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information and access to body camera footage of the shooting
A sizable crowd gather along Wilson Street in front of the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Decatur, Ala. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 2023 to protest the killing of Stephen Clay Perkins by a Decatur, police officer last week. Alabama governor Kay Ivey was speaking at an event in the hotel. Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information about what happened and to see body camera footage of the shooting.
Police Chief Todd Pinion said he can not comment on the investigation until it it is completed. “It would be improper and irresponsible for me to comment on the evidence in this case and cannot legally release any evidence in the case,” he said. Pinion said he will respect the findings of the state law enforcement agency. “I ask for your patience until the investigative process is complete,” Pinion said.
A justification of lethal force under the 4th Amendment depends on whether the officer was “reasonably reacting to a deadly threat” at the time of the fatal shooting, according to Brandon Garrett, a professor at Duke University School of Law. Attorneys for a drug suspect who was repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed by officers in northeast Florida during a traffic stop say that they are petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the caseAmid conservative makeover, New College of Florida sticks with DeSantis ally Corcoran as president
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