Death of Chavis Carter

Carter, a 21-year-old Black American man, was found dead from a gunshot while handcuffed in the back of a police patrol car.

[3] 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.

[1] The Jonesboro Police Department believe that Carter had hidden the gun on his person, that the officers did not detect it through the two searches, and he had used it on himself.

[4] Carter's mother disagreed, later stating "I think they killed him,” claiming he had no history of suicidal thoughts or actions, and he had called his girlfriend to advise her that he would contact her from jail.

[1] Jesus Huerta, in Durham, North Carolina, in 2013, and Victor White III, in Louisiana in 2014, both died under similar circumstances.