#RIP Chavis Carter
only man in history to be able to shoot himself in the right side of his head (he was left-handed) while being handcuffed behind his back.
Oh and conjure a pistol out of thin air as the police report said he was searched TWICE before being cuffed and “no weapons were found on his person.”
for those not familiar:
en.m.wikipedia.org
The
death of Chavis Carter, a 21-year-old African-American man who was found dead from a gunshot while
handcuffed in the back of a
police patrol car on July 29, 2012, was ruled a suicide by the Arkansas State Crime Lab.
[1][2]
Carter was in the passenger seat of a pickup truck which was stopped by the
Jonesboro Police Department of
Jonesboro, Arkansas.
[3]It was reported that an officer found small amounts of
cannabis on his person after a body search and ran his information through the police computer network.
[3] The officers discovered that he had an outstanding
warrant, so they placed him under arrest, searching him again and handcuffing his hands behind his back before placing him in the patrol vehicle.
[3]
Minutes later, the officers discovered that Chavis Carter was shot in the head. The officers found a
semi-automatic,
.380-caliberCobra pistol near the body.
[1] The Jonesboro Police Department believe that he had hidden the gun on his person that the officers did not detect through the two
searches and used it on himself.
[4] Carter's mother disagreed, claiming that Carter had no history of
suicidal thoughtsor actions, and addressed the fact that he had made arrangements with his girlfriend to meet him at the prison the next day, and that the police
killed him.
[1] In addition, she states that he was left-handed
[1] and was handcuffed behind his back, yet the bullet entered through his right
temple. The two officers at the scene were placed on administrative leave and an investigation was started.
[5]
A video was released by the police in which a police officer of similar height and build to Carter shows how Carter could have shot himself while handcuffed in a police car.
[1] A witness to the event said the police were outside the vehicle when the shot was fired.
[1]
The FBI were requested by the Jonesboro Police Department to investigate the death.
[6]
The local
NAACP sponsored a vigil.
[7] There have been several protests in Jonesboro due to many not believing the police explanation of Carter's death.
[1]
On August 20, 2012, the Arkansas crime lab ruled the death as a suicide.
[1]
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