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,” Chief Todd Pinion said in the statement. “We now know the officer identified themselves as ‘police’ and ordered Mr. Perkins to ‘get on the ground’ prior to the officer firing, rather than ordering him to drop the weapon at that time as we initially reported the morning of the shooting.
Pinion’s statement also announced a secondary investigation by the Decatur Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards to determine the series of events that led to the shooting, the use of force itself, and officers’ actions in the aftermath. “Now Pinion has the audacity to put out a statement saying that there were lies in the first one, and he still lied in the second one,” she said. “If you don’t have enough respect for the community that you’re supposed to serve and protect to give us an accurate statement, then resign.”
“Somehow they thought they would get away with this, thought they would get away with this ambush,” he said.
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