Video raises questions for about what happened when police shot and killed Perkins in the front yard of his home in Decatur.
“I was watching from inside the house right after I heard the gunshots because bullets were coming in my home,” he toldThe Army veteran said he survived the war in Iraq but feared for his life in his own home last Friday. He said he felt helpless when he realized that police had killed his friend and personal trainer.
“In a matter of seconds the men hidden in the dark surrounding his property revealed themselves and simultaneously opened fire,” the statement added. “He never had a chance to surrender. Officers didn’t announce their presence until the very last moment. Steve was committing no crime. Officers surrounding Steven in his front yard fired over a dozen rounds striking him seven times— killing him. They later discovered the attempted repossession was a mistake.
“This was not the character of Clay Perkins,” the statement added. “Clay was a family-oriented young black man thriving for excellence.” . “One. I don’t think there was any reason for the tow truck driver to come back at two o’clock in the morning when he’d already tried once and was sent on his way.”Rodney Gordon, the president of the Morgan County chapter of the NAACP, characterized the shooting as an “ambush” and “modern day lynching.” He questioned why police appeared to be hiding in the dark near Perkins’ home.. “If he came to Steve, after he came to Steve’s house, knocked on the door.
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