We ask the public for patience and understanding as this investigation unfolds,” wrote Interim Decatur Police Chief Nadis E.

Authorities released a nearly-30-minute video from body camera footage of John Scott Jr.'s arrest on the evening of April 15.

Law enforcement says a Black man hospitalized for a week following an arrest in which Alabama police shocked him with a Taser and punched him has died ...

A Black man who was Tasered and left hospitalized after an arrest earlier this month has died, and his family is demanding ...

The Decatur Police Department confirms that a man arrested during an incident that sparked backlash on social media, has now ...

A man arrested during an incident that sparked backlash on social media has died, according to the Decatur Police Department.

The Decatur Police Department announced that the Madison County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the death of John Daniel Scott Jr.

Hartselle-based Feeding Families of Alabama is trying to beat last year's record of jars of peanut butter collected in a food drive that honors their late dog Handsome, who was the food and pet ...

John "LJ" Scott Jr., a Decatur man who died Tuesday after a weeklong stay at in the hospital following a controversial arrest during an apparent mental health crisis, was remembered by a former ...

The uncertainty has reignited anger in Decatur, a northern Alabama city divided by the ongoing trial of a white officer charged with murder for fatally shooting a different Black man in 2023.

On Tuesday, Decatur Interim Police Chief Nadis Carlisle Jr. said he had requested that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation provide “independent ...