Cops Were ‘Trespassers’: Judge Denies ‘Stand Your Ground’ Immunity Claim By Alabama Police Officer Charged with Murder In Fatal Shooting of Black Man In Repo Gone Bad
The murder trial of a white Alabama cop will proceed after the judge in the case denied a defense bid for immunity using the state’s “stand your ground” law. Judge Charles Elliot concluded there was insufficient evidence former Decatur, Alabama, officer Mac Marquette, 25, acted in self-defense on a late summer evening in 2023 when…