HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBRC) – Tensions ran high during Monday night’s Homewood City Council meeting as demonstrators gathered once again to demand transparency and accountability in the police killing of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples.
Peoples, a native of Aliceville, was shot and killed by a Homewood police officer more than a month ago. Since then, protests have grown in number and intensity, driven by community members and local civil rights activists demanding the release of body camera footage and answers from city and state officials.
Much of the anger is directed at the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), which has denied the Peoples family the opportunity to view the police video from the night Jabari was killed. Protesters argue that withholding this footage continues to erode public trust and delay justice…