One of the officers in the alleged “back seat suicide” in Arkansas, in which police say 21-year old Chavis Carter killed himself with a gun while handcuffed alone in the back of a police car, will face an administrative reprimand. The Associated Press reported that according to Jonesboro police chief Michael Yates, Officer Ron Marsh did not search Carter thoroughly enough after picking him up on an outstanding arrest warrant July 28. Marsh will also be required to undergo more training. Carter was frisked both before and after being handcuffed that night and was put in the back of a police car, where Marsh and another officer, Keith Baggett, later said they found Carter dead with a gunshot wound to the right temple. An autopsy report released earlier this month seemed to corroborate the officers’ story.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:16:45 +0000
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