Issues over policing rose up again on Tuesday during the Mobile City Council meeting. Among the concerns is the lack of body camera footage released to the public or to victim families following a violent encounter.
Christine Dallas and family and friends gather in Mobile's Government Plaza on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, to rally support of her son and in their quest to have the police-worn body cam footage of his death released to them. .
City officials defended their role in handling civil rights cases by saying that they often get the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice involved with investigations. More recently, in Decatur, activists are demanding body camera footage be released of the September 29, death of Steve Perkins by police. City officials have said theyIn Mobile, the concerns are also focusing on police training and activists are pushing for police to prioritize de-escalating violent encounters. Barber invited council members to visit the Police Department and review the agency’s policies and procedures and “to what extend we go to de-escalate situations.
Mobile City Attorney Ricardo Woods has said the footage cannot be released to anyone, including the family, until after the grand jury is finished with its investigation. He has said that doing so would be a felony and a violation of Alabama state law under the grand jury secrecy act.‘Show the video’: Family continues call for body cam footage of Jawan Dallas death in Mobile
Barber said the recently received results of a toxicology report, also part of the grand jury’s investigation, cannot be released. “They demanded he come down and yet, he loses his life right there,” Clopton said. “I have to ask, are the officers trained and recertified in non-lethal force?”
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