The City Council's letter to District Attorney Keith Blackwood comes after months of repeated requests from the Dallas family for the police-worn bodycam footage of his death be released.
Christine Dallas, the mother of the law Jawan Dallas, speaks before the Mobile City Council on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Government Plaza in downtown Mobile, Ala. .The entire Mobile City Council is calling on District Attorney Keith Blackwood to expedite the release of evidence into the investigation of the July 2 death of 36-year-old Jawan Dallas.
The letter continues, “Transparency is a fundamental commitment of the City of Mobile and this Council, and we want the Dallas family and the public to have the opportunity to review the evidence as soon as they possibly can.” Blackwood, in a letter to the Dallas family attorney in September, said that authorities were unable to show the family the police body-worn camera footage because the case remains under investigation and is set to go before a grand jury.
But very little information about why he was struck by a Taser has been released. Prine, in July, said responding officers feared for their own safety because Dallas’ behavior and “strange movement in the car” that included moving into the backseat. The chief also said that Dallas, a convicted felon, was later found to have drugs – crystal meth and analog marijuana known as spice.
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