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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 deputy's 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 Graham's office. Brittain’s family has said the teenager was unarmed and holding a jug of antifreeze at the time of the shooting. Graham said he does not know what the investigation...

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 has been taken to the state prosecutor coordinator since he’s requested a special prosecutor to h...

ADVERTISEMENT Probe of Lonoke County deputy's 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 sheriff's 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 a Lonoke County deputy's shooting and killing of a teenager during a June traffic stop. Sgt. Mich...

By ANDREW DeMILLO Created: July 05, 2021 11:51 PM BEEBE, Ark. (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd's family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's 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 sheriff's deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 near Cabot, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock. The killing in the predominantly white community ha...

Rev. Al Sharpton eulogizes Arkansas teen killed by deputy By Andrew DeMillo BEEBE, Ark. - The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd's family on Tuesday mourned a White Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's 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 aren't just limited to the Black community. "The issue of policing is not about Black and White," Sharpton told a packed...