MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge ruled on Monday that a police officer did not prove that he was acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard, after body camera footage revealed the officer firing 18 bullets less than two seconds after identifying himself as law enforcement.
Mac Marquette, 25, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, while accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess Perkins’ pickup truck at his home in Decatur.
Morgan County circuit judge Charles Elliott denied Marquette's motion to dismiss the case in a self-defense immunity hearing. The new trial date is set for June, but the defense can appeal Elliott's decision with the state appellate court.
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Mac Marquette, 25, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, while accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess Perkins’ pickup truck at his home in Decatur.
Morgan County circuit judge Charles Elliott denied Marquette's motion to dismiss the case in a self-defense immunity hearing. The new trial date is set for June, but the defense can appeal Elliott's decision with the state appellate court.
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Alabama police officer denied immunity for shooting armed Black man in his front yard
An Alabama judge ruled on Monday that a police officer did not prove that he was acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard, after body camera footage revealed the officer firing 18 bullets less than two seconds after identifying himself as law...
