August 15, 2025 • 9 mins
Dr. Vanessa Tyler examines the details surrounding the police shooting of 18-year old college student Jabari Peoples in Alabama. Despite the opinion of police officials, family and attorney Ben Crump claims that "this is not an open and shut case". This episode reviews the discrepancies with body cam footage and witness testimonies.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
It always starts with the stop. It was no different
for Jabari Peoples. But as always with these headline cases,
something went deadly wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
My brother was afraid, he was scared, he was running
from for his life, even to the point where he
was shot in the back.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
And based on that footage that was depicted in there,
and based on their law that because of that, we
deemed that shooting on justifiable shooting.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
On that second video, there was riding, circling and circling
that would say this is a guy. That's the part
that we're saying it was obviously edited.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
The family wants to verify everything independently. They're not accepting
anything from Alabama Law enforcement agency.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
The Jabbari People's deadly police shooting and Homewood, Alabama just
another questionable case in Blackland. I'm Vanessa Tyler. On June
twenty third, a still unidentified cop smelled pot. He says
it was coming from the car of eighteen year old
(01:11):
Jabbari Peoples. How the officer approached or what was said,
unfortunately is not on the body cam.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
He didn't turn on until he encountered it. They saw
strictly from when they struggling ensued when a body camp
turned on.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
That's District Attorney Danny Carr. The black Top law enforcer
says Jabari reached for a gun in the door panel,
the cops shot him. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency known
as a LEAH investigated. The cop will not be charged.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Case closed based on that footage that was depicted in
there and based on the law that because of that,
we deemed that shooting or justifiable shooting.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Now, a live, vibrant black eighteen year old and his
car with a friend has become the latest hashtag shot
by cop.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Jabbai Peoples was shot in the back. Number two that
Jabbari Peoples was shot running away, and number three, Jabbari
Peoples never appointed anything at the police officer. We know
(02:18):
those three things.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has a full team of
lawyers in place for this one.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Police say there was a struggle, Jabari had a gun
and the cop thought he was going for it.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
And the family feels they have a right to know
everything that happened that led up to him being shot
in his back running away. You had the video from
day one. If you felt it was justified, why didn't
you just release it day one that's the problem.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
The full video was not released for weeks, more than
a month. Then the family gathered at the Jefferson County
Courthouse in Birmingham. Strict Attorney car finally showed them the
video and things exploded.
Speaker 6 (03:05):
What I gathered from what we saw today left me
with more questions than answers. Why it took this long
is a problem. We've always been fighting and arguing for transparency.
It doesn't make sense to drag a family through this
for this length of time. Did we get a step
(03:27):
closer to transparency, maybe, but we got a long way
to go. We got a long way to go when
it comes to transparency.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
That's another one of the attorneys for the family, Alabama
based lawyer Leroy Maxwell.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
Because we owe it to the family, we owe it
to the community to get a full, unedited version of
what happened instead of a short, short segment of a
video that's clearly been edited by a Leah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
We want all the edited video so we can have
our experts be able to verify what is actually being
concluded on those videos. They have drawn all kinds of
conclusions and they're almost saying no, no, just take this
(04:13):
part because this is what we want to show you. No, no,
show us every part of the video. That's what transparency is.
We need to see everything, the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth. That's what we're seeking.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The family says what they got was piecemeal and the
gun from the snippet they saw, they could not tell.
Here is family attorney Lisa Parks.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
I just want to clarify what we saw today. We
first saw a video that was short and it appeared
to be unedited in real time. Then there was a
second video that was slowed down and stopped. On that
second video, there was writing circling a circling that would
(05:01):
say this is a gun. This that's the part that
we're saying. It was obviously edited, so it's this same deliciously. No,
we're just saying that it was. It was. It didn't.
That wasn't in real time, and it didn't come out
that way with writing on it, right. You know, what
(05:22):
you're filming right now isn't going to come out with
writing on it, right. But what we first saw was
just in real time. The second part was slowed down
and had pointed out different things from whoever wrote that
on there their perspective.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
From their perspective, yes, he had something in his hand
while running away. His sister, Angel Smith, watched the video.
Jabari's parents couldn't stomach watching. Angel says, in his hand
his cell phone.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Today, what I saw in his video, my brother was afraid.
He was scared. He was running from his for his life,
even to the point where he was shot in the back.
He was telling the officer, Sir, I promise, I'm not
trying to resist. This is my cell phone. This is
my phone. This is what my brother said.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
And so what we see on the video is that
they claim they slow down and then they when we
watched the first time, you say, oh, where's the good,
and then they show us a slow down ended version.
Well for circle rare, I guess presented by Li saying, oh,
this is the good in his hand here.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
We've always maintained that's the witness that was there with Trabori.
The witness said that there wasn't a gun, right, and
so that's what that hasn't been a savment from the family.
That's what the witnesses that were there on scene have maintained.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Family attorney Eric Hurtz says problem can be simply solved.
Release all the video, let the truth out, chips fall
where they may.
Speaker 7 (06:56):
I want you to look at the video and I
want you to see and ask yourself, when did this
officer pull his gun out to shoot young mister Peeples?
And where was young mister People when he pulled it out?
Was he anywhere near a gun? Because it takes point
seven to five seconds to determine you want to pull
your gun out, takes point seven five seconds to react.
(07:16):
If you have a double stepped hulser, it takes even
more time. What I saw in the video today was
an instantaneous aiming of a gun from the body camp
before mister Peeples even got to anywhere where there was
a gun, that intent could be determined. And this is
a question we're asking. We're not saying that he intended
to shoot mister Peeples.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
No matter what.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Jabari Peoples should have been on his way back to college.
His parents say he had such a bright future.
Speaker 8 (07:44):
Oh Jabi's mother, Barrow was my favorite sowner. He was
a very bark kid. He was a hard working kid.
He knew he had a lot of dreams and he
was willing to work for those dreams.
Speaker 9 (08:00):
The father of Jabbari, people's Jobari was one of the
brightest kids, one of loving his kids, and he was
dedicated to all his friends, all his family. We don't
know how we're gonna go on without Jabari, but we're gonna,
were gonna We're gonna fight for Jabari until love rest
(08:21):
of my buddy.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
We're gonna fight for.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
The boy now he's dead. DA Carr says it is heartbreaking,
but again insists this case is closed and told the
family the cop shooting was justified.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
I told them they had the right to be emotional.
I'm not here to tell them how to respond, but
I am here to give them the truth and when
we did our best to do that. I also apologize
to the family and told them that I truly believe that,
you know, it's just a good kid that made a
bad decision.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
To them, this thing is wide open until they see
every last second of video.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Please continue to keep this family and your prayer because
this is not an open and shutcase. We believe that
there's more video out there, whether it's the park surveillance video,
whether it's dash cam video, or whether it's the rest
of the bodycam video that is going to give US
(09:21):
information that is so desperately needed to understand why this
tragedy took place.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Tyler, This is Blackland, A new episode drops every week.
It always starts with the stop. It was no different
for Jabari Peoples. But as always with these headline cases,
something went deadly wrong.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
My brother was afraid, he was scared, he was running
from for his life, even to the point where he
was shot in the back.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
And based on that footage that was depicted in there,
and based on their law that because of that, we
deemed that shooting on justifiable shooting.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
On that second video, there was riding, circling and circling
that would say this is a guy. That's the part
that we're saying it was obviously edited.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
The family wants to verify everything independently. They're not accepting
anything from Alabama Law enforcement agency.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
The Jabbari People's deadly police shooting and Homewood, Alabama just
another questionable case in Blackland. I'm Vanessa Tyler. On June
twenty third, a still unidentified cop smelled pot. He says
it was coming from the car of eighteen year old
(01:11):
Jabbari Peoples. How the officer approached or what was said,
unfortunately is not on the body cam.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
He didn't turn on until he encountered it. They saw
strictly from when they struggling ensued when a body camp
turned on.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
That's District Attorney Danny Carr. The black Top law enforcer
says Jabari reached for a gun in the door panel,
the cops shot him. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency known
as a LEAH investigated. The cop will not be charged.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Case closed based on that footage that was depicted in
there and based on the law that because of that,
we deemed that shooting or justifiable shooting.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Now, a live, vibrant black eighteen year old and his
car with a friend has become the latest hashtag shot
by cop.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Jabbai Peoples was shot in the back. Number two that
Jabbari Peoples was shot running away, and number three, Jabbari
Peoples never appointed anything at the police officer. We know
(02:18):
those three things.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has a full team of
lawyers in place for this one.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Police say there was a struggle, Jabari had a gun
and the cop thought he was going for it.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
And the family feels they have a right to know
everything that happened that led up to him being shot
in his back running away. You had the video from
day one. If you felt it was justified, why didn't
you just release it day one that's the problem.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
The full video was not released for weeks, more than
a month. Then the family gathered at the Jefferson County
Courthouse in Birmingham. Strict Attorney car finally showed them the
video and things exploded.
Speaker 6 (03:05):
What I gathered from what we saw today left me
with more questions than answers. Why it took this long
is a problem. We've always been fighting and arguing for transparency.
It doesn't make sense to drag a family through this
for this length of time. Did we get a step
(03:27):
closer to transparency, maybe, but we got a long way
to go. We got a long way to go when
it comes to transparency.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
That's another one of the attorneys for the family, Alabama
based lawyer Leroy Maxwell.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
Because we owe it to the family, we owe it
to the community to get a full, unedited version of
what happened instead of a short, short segment of a
video that's clearly been edited by a Leah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
We want all the edited video so we can have
our experts be able to verify what is actually being
concluded on those videos. They have drawn all kinds of
conclusions and they're almost saying no, no, just take this
(04:13):
part because this is what we want to show you. No, no,
show us every part of the video. That's what transparency is.
We need to see everything, the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth. That's what we're seeking.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The family says what they got was piecemeal and the
gun from the snippet they saw, they could not tell.
Here is family attorney Lisa Parks.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
I just want to clarify what we saw today. We
first saw a video that was short and it appeared
to be unedited in real time. Then there was a
second video that was slowed down and stopped. On that
second video, there was writing circling a circling that would
(05:01):
say this is a gun. This that's the part that
we're saying. It was obviously edited, so it's this same deliciously. No,
we're just saying that it was. It was. It didn't.
That wasn't in real time, and it didn't come out
that way with writing on it, right. You know, what
(05:22):
you're filming right now isn't going to come out with
writing on it, right. But what we first saw was
just in real time. The second part was slowed down
and had pointed out different things from whoever wrote that
on there their perspective.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
From their perspective, yes, he had something in his hand
while running away. His sister, Angel Smith, watched the video.
Jabari's parents couldn't stomach watching. Angel says, in his hand
his cell phone.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Today, what I saw in his video, my brother was afraid.
He was scared. He was running from his for his life,
even to the point where he was shot in the back.
He was telling the officer, Sir, I promise, I'm not
trying to resist. This is my cell phone. This is
my phone. This is what my brother said.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
And so what we see on the video is that
they claim they slow down and then they when we
watched the first time, you say, oh, where's the good,
and then they show us a slow down ended version.
Well for circle rare, I guess presented by Li saying, oh,
this is the good in his hand here.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
We've always maintained that's the witness that was there with Trabori.
The witness said that there wasn't a gun, right, and
so that's what that hasn't been a savment from the family.
That's what the witnesses that were there on scene have maintained.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Family attorney Eric Hurtz says problem can be simply solved.
Release all the video, let the truth out, chips fall
where they may.
Speaker 7 (06:56):
I want you to look at the video and I
want you to see and ask yourself, when did this
officer pull his gun out to shoot young mister Peeples?
And where was young mister People when he pulled it out?
Was he anywhere near a gun? Because it takes point
seven to five seconds to determine you want to pull
your gun out, takes point seven five seconds to react.
(07:16):
If you have a double stepped hulser, it takes even
more time. What I saw in the video today was
an instantaneous aiming of a gun from the body camp
before mister Peeples even got to anywhere where there was
a gun, that intent could be determined. And this is
a question we're asking. We're not saying that he intended
to shoot mister Peeples.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
No matter what.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Jabari Peoples should have been on his way back to college.
His parents say he had such a bright future.
Speaker 8 (07:44):
Oh Jabi's mother, Barrow was my favorite sowner. He was
a very bark kid. He was a hard working kid.
He knew he had a lot of dreams and he
was willing to work for those dreams.
Speaker 9 (08:00):
The father of Jabbari, people's Jobari was one of the
brightest kids, one of loving his kids, and he was
dedicated to all his friends, all his family. We don't
know how we're gonna go on without Jabari, but we're gonna,
were gonna We're gonna fight for Jabari until love rest
(08:21):
of my buddy.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
We're gonna fight for.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
The boy now he's dead. DA Carr says it is heartbreaking,
but again insists this case is closed and told the
family the cop shooting was justified.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
I told them they had the right to be emotional.
I'm not here to tell them how to respond, but
I am here to give them the truth and when
we did our best to do that. I also apologize
to the family and told them that I truly believe that,
you know, it's just a good kid that made a
bad decision.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
To them, this thing is wide open until they see
every last second of video.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Please continue to keep this family and your prayer because
this is not an open and shutcase. We believe that
there's more video out there, whether it's the park surveillance video,
whether it's dash cam video, or whether it's the rest
of the bodycam video that is going to give US
(09:21):
information that is so desperately needed to understand why this
tragedy took place.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Tyler, This is Blackland, A new episode drops every week.
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