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Autopsy: Death of handcuffed man in Ark. a suicide
Associated Press ^ | August. 20, 2012 | JEANNIE NUSS

Posted on 08/20/2012 10:25:50 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An autopsy report released Monday lists the death of a man shot in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in an Arkansas patrol car as a suicide.

The state crime lab report, signed by three medical examiners, said the muzzle of a gun was placed against the right side of 21-year-old Chavis Carter's head when it was fired.

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KEYWORDS: arkancide; leo; suicide
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1 posted on 08/20/2012 10:25:52 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is Captain Renault in charge here?


2 posted on 08/20/2012 10:27:12 AM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Arkancide?


3 posted on 08/20/2012 10:27:20 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (searching for something meaningfull to say)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is Deja Vu the proper term ?


4 posted on 08/20/2012 10:28:34 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (RED NECK KUNG FU by Corn Fuschas)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I see Vince Foster’s forensic team is still in a job.


5 posted on 08/20/2012 10:29:03 AM PDT by MeganC (The Cinemark theatre in Aurora, CO is a 'Gun Free Zone'. Spread the word.)
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To: vanilla swirl

Yes?


6 posted on 08/20/2012 10:29:09 AM PDT by Arkancide (www.arkancide.com)
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To: vanilla swirl
Arkancide?

Yes?
7 posted on 08/20/2012 10:30:08 AM PDT by Arkancide (www.arkancide.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

His family should:
1. Sue the gun manufacturer
2. Sue the handcuff manufacturer
3. Sue the gun and handcuff manufacturer


8 posted on 08/20/2012 10:31:26 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Some things never change.


9 posted on 08/20/2012 10:33:21 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The rarely respected Leonard Pitts had a column on this in today's Contra Costa Times. My first reaction was ............ Pitts? here we go again.

But committing suicide by gun while cuffed is a bit hard to believe to say the least.

The Police Chief involved said the dash cam supports the story. Fine. Release the damned video then.

10 posted on 08/20/2012 10:37:32 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Romney was right about the Olympics, but neither the Brits or the Dems will admit it.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The ODD things about this are:

Officers found Carter slumped over in the seat, and assumed he shot himself.

You would think they would have HEARD the gunshot.

They searched him twice and found no weapon. What did they find after he shot himself ?


11 posted on 08/20/2012 10:40:48 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (RED NECK KUNG FU by Corn Fuschas)
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12 posted on 08/20/2012 10:41:52 AM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Typical Arkansas suicide...../s? My inlaws are from the area. Hear those kind of storys all the time.


13 posted on 08/20/2012 10:42:43 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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To: MeganC

At least he didn’t die of ‘natural causes’ like James Milan, another Clinton crony who was found decapitated.


14 posted on 08/20/2012 10:44:18 AM PDT by barmag25
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Did he access Obama’s passport, college or birth records? How about his Man’s Country registration application?


15 posted on 08/20/2012 10:44:21 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

During my military training at a police demonstration in Orlando I saw handcuffed people perform stunts that had to be seen to be believed. Some of the stunts were performed by amateurs (like jumping through cuffed hands to place your hands in front of you). The lesson was don’t fall into a trap by thinking handcuffs totally disable a suspect.


16 posted on 08/20/2012 10:44:27 AM PDT by Ben Mugged ("Life's tough..... It's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A limber young person of small stature could slip the handcuffs under his butts d end up cuffed in front. It’s quite a trick but just possible mid the gun were available in his pocket hd could shoot himself in the head.

I don’t believe for a moment that that is how this happened.


17 posted on 08/20/2012 10:44:33 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Legalize Freedom!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Frisked twice. They did some poor reenactment you can find on search of how they say he did it, but the actor, err skinny little cop pulls the cuffs basically over onto the forearms because they were so loose in the reenactment. lmao. Sounds and smells like bullcrap to me.
18 posted on 08/20/2012 10:46:16 AM PDT by commonguymd
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is either one of the most poorly written or one of the most cleverly written articles (in the AP).

I haven’t seen all the videos, nor all the evidence, but from what I did see, there seems to be a complete lack of motivation on the part of the police to kill Chavis Carter.

There is not enough in the story or video that even begins to explain what happened.


19 posted on 08/20/2012 10:46:29 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (RED NECK KUNG FU by Corn Fuschas)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Many years ago I was dealing with a guy who was a known criminal tho he was not charged with anything at the time.

One guy I talked to was the Mayor of Columbia, Alabama. He had been a star quarterback at Ole Miss in his younger days.

Anyway he told me the guy had a girlfriend, acquaintance or some relationship to a girl who was killed by gunshot. He said the funny thing is that it was ruled a suicide despite the fact that she had been shot with a .25 and a .45.

I always suspected corruption but never did know all the facts.


20 posted on 08/20/2012 10:46:55 AM PDT by yarddog
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