A breaking story this week from Jonesboro, Arkansas, concerns the death
of 21 year old Chavis Carter, a black man who was shot to death while
handcuffed in the back seat of a Jonesboro Police Department squad car.
Carter had been stopped while driving last Saturday night and a search
of Carter’s vehicle had allegedly turned up marijuana. The Jonesboro
police say Carter committed suicide with a stolen .380 Cobra
semi-automatic that somehow wasn’t found during the search or arrest of
Chavis;