officer violence

An Alabama judge is ruling that a police officer was not acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard. Body camera footage shows the officer shooting 18 bullets less than two seconds after identifying himself as law enforcement.

Two Alabama sheriff’s deputies are being indicted on charges of using excessive force against a man who later died of sepsis and hypothermia in a local jail. At least 10 Walker County jail employees have pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of 33-year-old Tony Mitchell.

Alabama lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make it harder to sue police who use excessive or lethal force. Sponsors of the bill said the legislation will increase officer recruitment and improve officer safety.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Police say an armed black business owner who called to report a robbery in his store in Alabama was punched in the face by a…