Alabama ACLU and Alabama NAACP file records request of the Hoover Police Department

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama NAACP and Alabama ACLU filed a records request of The Hoover Police Department on Wednesday.

According to the press release these organizations are requesting use-of-force policies, body camera policies and racial bias materials.  This request has come in the wake of the Thanksgiving night shooting of Emantic “EJ” Bradford.

“Far too often, the concept of ‘reasonable force’ has been distorted to justify police officers killing or seriously injuring people of color for indefensible reasons. The death of E.J. Bradford by the Hoover Police Department is a reminder of the tragic loss a family and community faces when law enforcement utilizes lethal force,” said Dillon Nettles, policy analyst for the ACLU of Alabama.

According to the press release these organizations are requesting the same information of several other police departments including departments in Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville and Saraland due to what the press release calls, “numerous incidents of excessive use of force in Alabama.”