Chavis Carter

Jonesboro police officer Ron Marsh has been reprimanded and will undergo more training after the shooting death of Chavis Carter.

In an attempt to show Chavis Carter in an unflattering light, the Jonesboro Police Department has released cell phone footage showing the 21-year-old smoking what appears to be marijuana with two young boys.

The press release stated that Chavis texted his girlfriend while sitting in the patrol car, telling her he was scared and he had a gun on him.

Autopsy reports ruled that the death of Chavis Carter, the 20-year-old man who was shot while handcuffed in the back of a Jonesboro, Arkansas patrol car, was in fact a suicide.

As the public pressure mounted on police to release more evidence surrounding the Chavis Carter shooting, the Jonesboro, Ark. police department finally released the dashboard camera video last night.

By releasing this video, Jonesboro is trying to prove that the events that happened on the night Chavis’ death are not only plausible, but also probable. We say NO! 

In an attempt to clear their names, Jonesboro, AK police have released a reenactment video of the Chavis Carter shooting - in hopes that the public will see that it is possible to shoot ones self in the head while handcuffed. 

The curious case of Chavis Carter continues, as his family has hired an attorney from the famed Johnnie Cochran law firm.