Public safety

Report: How America’s gun violence crisis affects young people

According to the new report, young people feel the impact of our country’s gun violence crisis firsthand.

July 26, 2023

Jawan Dallas’s family sues the city of Mobile, officers involved in death

Jawan Dallas was a 36-year-old Black man tased by officers with the Mobile Police Department on July 2 and died following the tasing.

July 21, 2023

ALSDE employee, former chair of anti-abortion group arrested for child sex abuse

Cole Wagner, who worked in government relations for ALSDE, was indicted by a Montgomery grand jury on June 30.

July 21, 2023

Jawan Dallas’s family to sue Mobile and police officers

Dallas’s family has demanded transparency and accountability from MPD, calling for the release of body cam footage.

July 19, 2023

Several national civil rights lawyers join the legal team for Jawan Dallas’ family

Jawan Dallas was a 36-year-old Black man who was killed after being tased by police July 2.

July 11, 2023

Mobile police hold press conference after man killed by tasing

Attorneys representing Jawan Dallas’s family also released a response to the remarks.

July 10, 2023

Family of man tased by Mobile police demand justice, to see body cam footage

Jawan Dallas was tased to death by a Mobile police officer on July 2.

July 7, 2023

Mobile Police tase unarmed Black man to death, family to hold press conference

An eye witness said that after Dallas was tased, he fell and called for help while grasping and complaining of chest pains.

July 6, 2023

Ivey announces $1M settlement with family of slain Bibb County deputy

Officials used Deputy Brad Johnson's death as the impetus for sweeping changes to the state's "good time" law.

July 6, 2023

Did Patriot Front members in Prattville skirt KKK-era anti-masking law?

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled, "A nameless, faceless figure strikes terror in the human heart. But, remove the mask, and the nightmarish form is reduced to its true dimensions."

July 3, 2023