Chavis Carter

HUFFINGTON POST: Police Say Chavis Carter Called Girlfriend From Squad Car

HUFFINGTON POST: Police Say Chavis Carter Called Girlfriend From Squad Car

Source: Jeannie Nuss / AP / The Huffington Post LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The girlfriend of a man who was fatally shot in the back of an Arkansas patrol car told an investigator that he called her from the car and said he had a gun with him, police said Wednesday. Jonesboro police released a [...]

Chavis Carter’s Family Wants More Answers About Handcuffed Death (VIDEO)

Chavis Carter’s Family Wants More Answers About Handcuffed Death (VIDEO)

Chavis Carter’s family hasn’t accepted the official explanation for his death: that he was on meth when he fatally shot himself while his hands were cuffed behind him in the backseat of a patrol car in Arkansas. (Aug. 22) LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Attorney Benjamin Irwin About The Latest Developments In The Chavis Carter [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Attorney Benjamin Irwin About The Chavis Carter Case, Police Reenactment Video

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Attorney Benjamin Irwin About The Chavis Carter Case, Police Reenactment Video

Roland Martin talks with Benjamin Irwin, the attorney for Theresa Carter, mother of Chavis Carter. The 21-year-old man who police claim committed suicide in the back of a police car while he was handcuffed behind his back. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. 

Chavis Carter Case: Medical Examiner Rules Handcuffed Man’s Death Was Suicide

Chavis Carter Case: Medical Examiner Rules Handcuffed Man’s Death Was Suicide

Source: Julia Dahl / CBS News JONESBORO, Ark. – An Arkansas medical examiner has ruled that Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound to the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car, died from suicide. According to the report by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Stephen A. Erickson of the Arkansas State [...]

CNN: Dash Cam Video Before Chavis Carter Death (VIDEO)

CNN: Dash Cam Video Before Chavis Carter Death (VIDEO)

Police release video that shows their interactions with Chavis Carter before the shooting. They say he killed himself. WATCH:

Chavis Carter ‘Suicide’ Reenactment Video Released By Jonesboro Police (VIDEO)

Chavis Carter ‘Suicide’ Reenactment Video Released By Jonesboro Police (VIDEO)

KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds Source: Trymaine Lee / The Huffington Post The Arkansas police department investigating the mysterious death of Chavis Carter, who suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car, has released a video recreation of what it believes could have happened the night Carter was [...]

Jonesboro Police Chief On Chavis Carter: Shooting Yourself While Handcuffed Is ‘Very Possible’ And ‘Quite Easy’

Jonesboro Police Chief On Chavis Carter: Shooting Yourself While Handcuffed Is ‘Very Possible’ And ‘Quite Easy’

Source:  Carrie Healey / theGrio Jonesboro, Arkansas police chief Michale Yates originally admitted that the alleged suicide of Chavis Carter while handcuffed in the back of a police car “defies logic.”  However, in a recent interview with CNN, Yates responded to a question as to whether it is even possible to shoot yourself while handcuffed by saying, “For the [...]

Chavis Carter Case: Could Cuffed Man Have Shot Himself? (VIDEO)

Chavis Carter Case: Could Cuffed Man Have Shot Himself? (VIDEO)

CNN’s Randi Kaye reports on the controversy surrounding a man police say shot himself in the head while in handcuffs. WATCH:

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