Residents press Decatur City council to release Green report, press for police accountability after Steve Perkins' death

Decatur City residents used the council's work session to press elected officials to make public an outside review known in the meeting as the "Green report" and to demand steps on police accountability following the death of Steve Perkins.

Members of the public demanded an immediate release and called for hearings, while council members and staff said the report had been received by the city and was being reviewed with legal counsel before public release. "We got it on Thursday," public commenter Lisa Bradley said. Council member Jacob Ladner said his anticipation was that "when that is made public, there will be discussions about it in on this [dais] with the law." City Attorney Herman Marks said he has handled many redactions in his career and that redactions happen "quite often."

The exchange focused on three issues: when the report will be made public, whether redactions are needed because of…