Jabari Peoples was shot dead by a police officer in Homewood, Alabama who claimed that he smelled marijuana before Peoples resisted arrest and threatened his life with a firearm. Peoples’ family doesn’t believe that story in the slightest and at this point, they have no reason to because the police are not being transparent about what happened that fateful evening.
BOSSIP previously reported on the police-involved killing and even in the immediate aftermath of Jabari’s death, the Homewood Police Department still had not provided the family a police report and had answered none of questions. According to WBRC, the family is no closer to understanding the circumstances surrounding the shooting now than the were then as the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has denied them access to the body camera footage.
Here is the statement ALEA release in an attempt to assuage public displeasure:…