The victim's wife said he had filed a lawsuit against Sheffield officers and believes his death was made to look like a suicide.
The victim's wife said he had filed a lawsuit against Sheffield officers and believes his death was made to look like a suicide.
Tori Bailey, the president of the local NAACP chapter and the only Black member of the six-person county commission in Colbert County, said the community’s reaction to Richardson's death was partially informed by the region’s harrowing history with lynchings. Marvin Long, a 57-year-old Black man and lifelong Colbert County resident, knew Dennoriss Richardson’s family well growing up. He shares the skepticism about the suicide ruling and said Richardson’s death has intensified his fear of retaliation.Long sued the Sheffield Police department last year.
Balentine, the sheriff since 2023, declined to comment on specific cases. But he said that based on his almost 30 years as an officer in the area, he thought residents in Colbert County generally trusted law enforcement.Still, Balentine said he hoped the FBI investigation would help assuage concerns.Leigh Richardson had known her husband since he was 17. She remembers Dennoriss, known affectionately as “Na-Na,” as a warm father to their five children.
Dennoriss Richardson pleaded guilty to drug possession in 2006 and was sentenced to five years in prison. In more than 15 years since then, court records show Richardson was arrested at least six additional times by the Sheffield Police Department, for charges ranging from disorderly conduct to robbery to assault.
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