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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.〔 Carter was in the passenger seat of a pickup truck which was stopped by the Jonesboro, Arkansas Police Department.〔()〕 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.〔 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.〔 Minutes later, the officers discovered that Chavis Carter was shot in the head. The officers found a semi-automatic, .380-caliber Cobra pistol near the body.〔 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. Carter's mother disagreed, claiming that Carter had no history of suicidal thoughts or 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.〔 In addition, she states that he was left-handed〔 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. 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.〔 A witness to the event said the police were outside the vehicle when the shot was fired.〔 The FBI were requested by the Jonesboro Police Department to investigate the death. The local NAACP sponsored a vigil. There have been several protests in Jonesboro due to many not believing the police explanation of Carter's death.〔 On August 20, 2012, the Arkansas crime lab ruled the death as a suicide. Carter's autopsy report indicated he tested positive for amphetamines, benzodiazepines and marijuana.〔 ==Similar deaths== *Jesus Huerta was killed in 2013 in Durham, North Carolina and Victor White III died in a Louisiana in 2014 under the same circumstances. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Chavis Carter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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