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Community leader demands release of footage, accountability after death of Jabari Peoples
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Reverend Dr. Wayne Taft Harris Jr. told the Homewood City Council on July 14 that “a young man by the name of Jabari Peoples is dead,” and demanded immediate public release of evidence, naming officers, a public apology, and reforms.
Reverend Dr. Wayne Taft Harris Jr. told the Homewood City Council on July 14 that “a young man by the name of Jabari Peoples is dead,” and delivered a list of demands for public accountability and changes to policing in the city.
Harris addressed the council at the start of the meeting during a time normally reserved for the invocation and pledge. He said he “does not come in peace. I come in protest,” and accused the city of “silence, evasion, and delay” in the case. He demanded “immediate full public release of all things concerning Jabari Peoples,” the names of the officers involved, “a formal apology from the police chief,” an…
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