The murder charge against a well-known Birmingham activist in the 2019 shooting death of a man at his family’s home has been dismissed under Alabama’s Stand Your Ground law.
behind a home in the 6600 block of First Avenue South. East Precinct officers were just finishing up a nearby traffic stop when a red Ford F-150 flew past them driving erratically and then came to a screeching halt. The driver - later identified as Southall - jumped out of the truck and ran behind a home.
The Stand Your Ground law protects an individual from criminal prosecution if that person can prove that he or she used deadly force in self-defense or defense of another and:2. He or she was not engaged in any criminal activitySouthall’s attorney, Richard Rice, last year filed a motion seeking immunity from prosecution for Southall under the Stand Your Ground law.
Southall drove to the home, picked up his sister and drove her to the hospital for stitches. “It was the defendant’s understanding that police were present and/or Hudson no longer otherwise posed any threat,’’ Wallace wrote.