Attorneys for an Alabama police officer charged with murder in the death of an armed Black man outside his home argued Tuesday their client should be immune from prosecution due to the state’s “stand your ground” law, which allows an individual to use deadly force as long as they can credibly claim their safety was endangered.
Former Decatur, Alabama police officer Mac Marquette, 25, who is white, was accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess 39-year-old Stephen Perkins’ truck at the victim’s residence, where the fatal confrontation unfolded.
Three other officers — Joey Williams, Vance Summers, and Christopher Mukkadam — were working with Marquette on that early morning call in September 2023…