MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Members of the Mobile City Council are being asked to consider a plan this week to formally ban “pre-dawn” and “no-knock” warrants in the city. Mobile City Councilman Cory Penn is introducing an ordinance at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The measure would amend the current city code to ban police from […]
Last week, the family of Jawan Dallas, the man who died after being tased by a Mobile Police officer in July, were shown the body camera footage from the time o
For months, critics of the Mobile Police Department have called for the full release of video showing a July 2 encounter in which Jawan Dallas died after officers used a Taser on him during a burglary call. The victim's family and attorney were allowed to view the footage on Nov. 22, after a grand jury declined to bring charges against the officers involved. Under an Alabama state law that took effect in September, relatives and attorneys for individuals who are captured in body-camera footage are allowed to request access to the recording, but they may not copy or record it, making public dissemination impossible.
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The summer of 2020 was enlivened by Black Lives Matter protests that followed the shocking murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd, who was not armed,