'We continue to document and file complaints about these incidents and refuse to be silenced.'
Standing In Power group members called for federal investigations into law enforcement officers' treatment of protesters in the aftermath of the police shooting death of Stephen Perkins on Sept. 29, 2023, in his front yard in Decatur. The racial justice group held a press conference in front of the Decatur City Hall on Oct. 20, 2023.The U.S.
Garrick Rawls has been in Morgan County jail since Oct. 7 after police arrested him the second time during protests for disorderly conduct, leading to the revocation of his bond and subsequent 15-day jail sentence. The police “were extremely aggressive” and intimidated protesters, “following them in off-duty cars, pulling up with shotguns,” Saafiyah said.
Standing In Power also called for the arrest, termination, and prosecution of the Decatur police officers at Perkins’ house in the early morning of Sept. 29. The police said they were there because Perkins threatened a tow truck driver with a gun and later turned a gun on an officer. The other officers present at Perkins house on the morning of the shooting have been on administrative assignments since the night of the incident and are not at this time on patrol duty, a spokesperson for the department told
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