Last week, an Arkansas medical examiner ruled that Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old man killed by a gunshot wound to the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car, committed suicide. According to the report by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Stephen A. Erickson of the Arkansas State Crime Lab, the bullet that killed Carter entered his skull near his right temple, four … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Shooting of Handcuffed 21 Year-Old in Police Car Defies Logic
On the night of July 28, 21-year-old, Chavis Carter and his friends were pulled over by police while riding in a pickup truck in Jonesboro, Arkansas. While his friends were free to leave, Carter was arrested for allegedly having small marijuana baggies on his person and outstanding warrants for his arrest. The police officers on the scene, Keith Baggett and Ron Marsh, then … [Read more...]