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July 09, 2021 - 4:17 PM LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors the results of its investigation into a deputys fatal shooting of a white teenager that has drawn the attention of civil rights activists nationwide. Authorities have released few details about the shooting, and State Police earlier Friday referred questions about the case file to Grahams office. Brittain’s family has said the teenager was unarmed and holding a j...

Updated Jul 9, 2021 06:16 pm LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors the results of its investigation into a deputy’s fatal shooting of a white teenager that has drawn the attention of civil rights activists nationwide. Lonoke County Prosecutor Chuck Graham said his office received the case file on the shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain by Lonoke County sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Michael Davis during a June 23 traffic stop. Graham said the file...

ADVERTISEMENT Probe of Lonoke County deputys shooting of teen goes to special prosecutor by Ashton Eley | Today at 5:48 p.m. Rebecca Payne holds a "Justice for Hunter" sign outside the Lonoke County sheriffs office in Lonoke in this July 1, 2021, file photo. Payne was joining the nightly rally protesting the shooting death of her grandson, 17-year-old Hunter Brittain. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe) Arkansas State Police on Friday turned over to prosecutors the investigative file into...

By ANDREW DeMILLO Created: July 05, 2021 11:51 PM BEEBE, Ark. (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyds family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriffs deputy, as they urged support across racial lines for efforts to reform police practices. Sharpton eulogized 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by a white Lonoke County sheriffs deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 near Cabot, about 30 mi...

Rev. Al Sharpton eulogizes Arkansas teen killed by deputy By Andrew DeMillo BEEBE, Ark. - The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyds family on Tuesday mourned a White Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriffs deputy, as they urged support across racial lines for efforts to reform police practices. The killing in the predominantly White community has drawn the attention of national civil rights activists such as Sharpton, who said concerns about police tactics arent just limited to ...

Funeral held for Arkansas teen killed by deputy; lawyers say police reform needed © Provided by KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff Attorneys for the family of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain called for police reform Tuesday during a funeral for the boy. Brittain was fatally shot by former Lonoke County sheriffs officer Sgt. Michael Davis, who was fired last week for failing to comply with department policy by not having his body camera turned on when he opened fire. Family and friends said their final g...

Al Sharpton to eulogize Arkansas teen fatally shot by deputy ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton and an attorney for George Floyds family are speaking at the memorial Tuesday for a white Arkansas teenager shot dead by a deputy, a case that civil rights activists say highlights the need for interracial support to address police shootings. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a Lonoke County sh...

Andrew Demillo FILE - In this April 20, 2021 file photo, Attorney Ben Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton shake hands during a news conference after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is convicted in the killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. Sharpton and an attorney for George Floyds family are speaking at the memorial Tuesday, July 6, 2021, for a white Arkansas teenager shot dead by a deputy, a case that civil rights activists say highlights the need for interracial s...

"Those two boys got our brand new riding lawn mower and the other lawn mower and they took off down there," Payne said as those around her laughed at the story. "They were down there in grass, in grass over their head, and its as dark as it could be." Brittains body was delivered to the funeral home Wednesday, his uncle Jesse Brittain told reporters. He said it was then that the family learned Brittain had been shot not once but three times. Jesse Brittain has expressed frustration about the la...

  Share Source: AP Photo/John Locher An Arkansas police officer was terminated after failing to turn on his body camera prior to an alleged fatal shooting of a teenager. Lonoke County Sgt. Michael Davis did not follow the police departments policy, Sheriff John Staley announced in a video news release Thursday, according to KARK. "Our policy says the deputy must activate the camera before encountering any member of the public while taking official action and certainly as part of any traffic s...