Suicide ruling won't end Chavis Carter questions

Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) - Hours after police released an autopsy report that ruled the shooting death of a young man in the back of a patrol car a suicide, dozens of the man's supporters and relatives gathered Monday night in Memphis for a candlelight vigil....

Forensic expert calls Chavis Carter suicide 'possible', 'very unlikely'

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The medical examiner in the case of Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old Mississippi man who Jonesboro, Arkansas police say fatally shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car, ruled Carter's death a suicide...

Police release video in Chavis Carter patrol car shooting

Associated Press

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Video recorded the night a young man was fatally shot in a patrol car while his hands were cuffed behind his back is doing little to answer questions about whether he shot himself in the head as officers said...

Jonesboro police 'recreate' alleged Chavis Carter handcuffed suicide

Chuck Bartels, Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police in Arkansas released a video reconstruction Tuesday meant to show how a 21-year-old man who was handcuffed behind his back could have shot himself in the head while in the backseat of a patrol car...

Chavis Carter case: Dash cam video, autopsy to wait

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The FBI will 'monitor' the investigation into Chavis Carter's death, the police chief of Jonesboro, Arkansas has confirmed to theGrio. "They have agreed to monitor and we are sharing all our investigative material with them as we conduct the investigation," Chief Michael Yates told theGrio...

Chavis Carter case: Police chief's past scrutinized

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - The controversy surrounding the Chavis Carter case has caused the local black community in Jonesboro to question police chief Michael Yates about his department's explanation, and to unearth disturbing details from Yates' past...

Police chief: Handcuffed suicide 'defies logic'

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The police chief in the case of a 21-year-old man who officers say shot himself in the head while his hands were cuffed behind his back admits that the scenario "defies logic," but Jonesboro Police Chief Michael Yates stands behind the officers who made the claim...

New details in handcuffed youth's alleged suicide

Joy-Ann Reid

JONESBORO, Ark. -- Chavis Chacobie Carter's death while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car occurred while police detained, and then released, two other men who were with Carter that night...

Chavis Carter case: Mother disputes police story of squad car suicide

Mychal Denzel Smith

theGRIO REPORT - 21-year-old Chavis Carter died of a gunshot wound to the head Saturday night in Jonesboro, Arkansas, while he was handcuffed in the back of a police car...

Infant mortality rates increase among blacks in Arkansas

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New statistics from the Arkansas Department of Health indicates that the state’s infant mortality is on the rise, especially for African-Americans...

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Suicide ruling won't end Chavis Carter questions

Forensic expert calls Chavis Carter suicide 'possible', 'very unlikely'

Police release video in Chavis Carter patrol car shooting

Jonesboro police 'recreate' alleged Chavis Carter handcuffed suicide

Chavis Carter case: Dash cam video, autopsy to wait

Chavis Carter case: Police chief's past scrutinized

Police chief: Handcuffed suicide 'defies logic'

New details in handcuffed youth's alleged suicide

Chavis Carter case: Mother disputes police story of squad car suicide

Infant mortality rates increase among blacks in Arkansas

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