Former Lonoke County Deputy Sgt. Supporting the Arkansas Times' independent journalism is more vital than ever. That the world needs to melt frozen hearts that separate us. Maybe, said, Hunter Brittain is calling for some anti-freeze. He closed, to cheering, Its anti-freeze time.. Phillips mentioned during the interview, Davis was asked to clarify if he could see Brittains hands or see what was in Brittains hands prior to discharging his county-issued firearm. Lawsuit filed in shooting death of Hunter Brittain in Lonoke County, Todays news COVID and corruption and the open line. As I said that day, we may come from different backgrounds and might not agree on politics, but this is bigger than that; all of us want to see our children come home at night safe and protected. But states like Louisiana have more vague language around the "expectation of privacy," which gives too much power to authorities to withhold footage, said Mary Fan, a law professor at the University of Washington who has studied body-camera policies across the nation. [The officer] told me get out with my hands up and pull my shirt up and stuff, and then [forced] me to the ground, put me in handcuffs and was dragging me around and stuff. Deaths of white people as a result of police violence, such as Brittain, are largely swept under the rug because they cut across the racialist narrative promoted by the Democratic Party and the pseudo-left. Based on a 2021 analysis of data from the US National COVID Cohort Collaborative, 20.2% of adults hospitalized for COVID-19 experienced a severe clinical course involving either invasive ventilatory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or death. Davis was charged with manslaughter; to be convicted, a jury must find that he recklessly caused Brittains death. So far this year, police have killed a total of 371 people, including 122 whites, 71 blacks, 38 Hispanics, 3 listed as other, and 137 unidentified. He arrived to assist Davis after the stop was made. 27 June 2021. "The police officer has a lot more situational. Mr Brittan's grandmother was among people protesting outside the Sheriff's office. ", Print Headline: Video still withheld after Lonoke County deputys fatal shooting of teen. smallest friend with biggest balls, said one. Hunter Brittain's family has retained the same lawyers as George Floyd's family to represent them in court. A special prosecutor announced the charge against 30-year-old Michael Davis, a former sergeant with the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office, in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain. Davis replied he could not see Brittains hands, nor what was in his hand prior to discharging his county-issued firearm. Since the beginning of the incident, Phillips continued, There was no evidence of firearms located in or around Brittains truck and never has been since the investigation.. Speakers include Ben Crump and Rev. 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Michael Davis was sentenced Friday to a year in prison on a negligent homicide charge for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain on June 23. A toolkit released in 2019 by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City recommends that prosecutors be as transparent as possible about the process. It also enables footage to be redacted if it depicts a person's death, unless it was caused by police. Protesters gathered outside the Lonoke County Sheriffs Office last Wednesday in Lonoke, Arkansas, consisting of friends and family of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was gunned down by police during a traffic stop early that morning. One blanket statement won't cover it, Lawrence said. [2], Brittain was attempting to use a jug of antifreeze to stop his truck from rolling into the officer's vehicle when the deputy shot him. Qualified immunity for law officers must end, he said, to an ovation. The family says the teen was pulled over early Wednesday morning for a traffic stop and killed while holding a quart of oil. We will email you when the process is complete. The legal team also represented the family of George Floyd, the man killed in 2020 at the hands of Minneapolis police whose death became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement. Brittain was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock by Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services. Davis was fired by Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley a week after the shooting for breaking a policy that requires that the body camera be turned on before deputies interact with the public. Were ready to find out something. Martins mother, Lakisha Williams, said she understands what the Brittain family was going through. British Columbia town sets new high temperature for Canada. Wrong is wrong is wrong is wrong., Sharpton said: Keep marching, keep standing up, keeping going to the county house and the statehouse and the police station and stand up. As a reader of the Arkansas Times, you know were dedicated to bringing you tough, determined, and feisty journalism that holds the powerful accountable. Feed. Conveniently, this officer didnt have his body camera turned on, so no footage exists of the horrific shooting. Davis faces between three and 10 years in prison if convicted. International Committee of the Fourth International, Seventeen-year-old gunned down by police in Lonoke County, Arkansas. [emphasis added. A special prosecutor announced the felony charge against Michael Davis, a former sergeant with the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office, in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain. Davis was fired because he hadnt activated his bodycam during the shooting but attorneys for Brittains family say Sheriff John Staley should have fired Davis for shooting Brittain, a white teenager whose death drew national headlines and attention from civil rights activists. Jeff Phillips, 5th Judicial District prosecutor, was named the special prosecutor for the case July 12. He was white too, so you likely hadnt heard about that one either. A Freedom of Information request for the footage was sent to Phillips on July 14. The release of body camera footage can help build public trust, he said. Lawyers for the family of Hunter Brittain announced today the filing of a federal lawsuit against Lonoke Sheriff John Staley and Michael Davis, the former Lonoke County deputy who's been. Relatives have said a witness to the shooting claims Davis didn't give oral commands before the shooting. UPDATE: This is Hunter Brittain. During an interview with investigators, Davis said before he could put his vehicle in park after initiating the traffic stop, he heard the trucks engine rev up and begin to travel southbound in the northbound lane on Arkansas 89 but did not notify dispatch on the radio that he was in pursuit because he realized the truck was attempting to turn left into Mahoneys body shop. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of a minimum of three years to a maximum of 10 years in prison. For nearly four decades, I have stood alongside grieving families, preached at funerals, led marches against police brutality and fought on behalf of people who are voiceless. Instead, [Staley] fired Davis for not recording the crime, instead of for committing the crime, attorneys Ben Crump and Devon Jacob said in a statement after the sentencing. The case of Hunter Brittain has gained national attention over the past year, with renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump representing the Brittain family. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. He was told by doctors that his nephew had been hiding in the woods and shooting at cops. July 13, 2021 at 11:35 am. Thomas Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Temple cops widow: Accused killer shouldnt be allowed to breathe, reveals last goodbye, Video captures chaos after cop fatally shoots 13-year-old driving stolen car, Suspect busted in fatal shooting of Temple cop tried to rob dying officer: police, Temple University police officer fatally shot trying to stop carjacking, fired because he hadnt activated his bodycam. Bodycam footage of an Arkansas deputy responding to the scene after former Lonoke County Sheriff's Sgt. It is long past time that we end qualified immunity, which shields police officers from being held personally accountable in civil lawsuits. An Arkansas-Democrat Gazette Freedom of Information request to state police was denied on the grounds that the case was still under investigation. The attorneys and the family have maintained that Brittain was shot three times by Lonoke County sheriff's office Sgt. Killing of Hunter Brittain Read Edit View history At approximately 3:00 am ( CDT) on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was unarmed, was shot by Lonoke County sheriff's deputy Sgt. Thanks for contacting us. Brittains passenger said the pair had been working on the trucks transmission. The Judges overseeing this case are SMITH, KERRA A and [ II ] SMITH, KERRA A. His sister sent me these photos. Are people going to have to fear for their lives again?. We must break down the social and political blockades that keep us divided and march together and raise our voices together. Comforting grieving families and speaking at funerals for victims of police brutality never gets any easier. Police killing innocents is wrong. The former deputy subsequently surrendered to state police agents, and on September 20 he appeared at the Lonoke County Sheriffs Office where bond was set at $15,000. As I have said since day one, this was a tragic event and we all need to continue praying for those involved, Staley said. Hunter Brittain, 17, was fatally shot by a White Lonoke County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in a Little Rock suburb on June 23, according to police. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Davis was sentenced to a year on his conviction, which he is appealing. Arkansas law doesn't provide clarity specifically to the release of body camera footage as it pertains to fatal officer-involved incidents. Those lives apparently dont matter as much. He said that when he saw the lifeless body of his friend lying face down on the ground, it did not appear real to him. For Rent. SPEAKERS: From left, lawyers Devon Jacob and Ben Crump, and Rev. Introduction. Meanwhile, they reject any policies in response to the pandemic, based on science, that impinge on the profit interests of the corporate-financial oligarchy, sacrificing the lives mainly of workers to the economic interests of Wall Street. Mobile App. "What we believe is that transparency is the most important thing in this tragic killing of this unarmed 17-year-old child," Crump told the Arkansas-Democrat-Gazette. - It's been nearly four days since 17-year-old Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a Lonoke County Sheriff's Deputy and loved ones have been protesting at the Sheriff's office every night since. The jury found Michael Davis guilty of the misdemeanor charge, but not guilty of manslaughter. This tragedy has gone unreported in the New York Times, the principal media voice of the Democratic Party, Jacobin magazine, which is linked to the Democratic Socialists of America, and Liberation News, the online newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Michael Davis shot and killed 17 . He claimed Sgt Davis then fired without telling Mr Brittain to stop or get on the ground. He was my grandson, she said. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. And also, justice for all of our other brothers and sisters dying at the hands of law enforcement hired to protect and serve us around this country.. Hunter Brittain was driving a truck that was stopped by the deputy, identified as Sgt Michael Davis, in Arkansas. He mentioned his confusion as to why the deputy would shoot Brittain when he brandished no weapon and did not appear threatening. Physical activity may promote weight and body fat loss. Recently, I received one such call about a 17-year-old teenager in Arkansas named Hunter Brittain. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Family and friends of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain are demanding justice at the Lonoke Sheriffs Department. We dont just stand up for one race; we come for what is right, period. This law enforcementrelated article is a stub. Attorney Benjamin Crump (left) holds hands with Rebecca Payne, Hunter Brittains grandmother, as they chant during a rally Friday, July 30, 2021 in front of the State Capitol building in Little Rock. Brittain's family, along with the family's attorneys and civil rights advocates, continue their calls for transparency and the release of footage in that shooting that they say could have been avoided. Hunter Brittain, on left (Twitter) A Lonoke County, Arkansas, deputy who shot and killed an unarmed teen during an early morning traffic stop in June has been fired for not recording the. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 23, Davis initiated a traffic stop after seeing a white GMC pick-up truck smoking, whereupon Brittain immediately exited his vehicle, moved to the rear of his vehicle, as it was rolling backwards towards the front of Daviss patrol vehicle, to reach into the bed of the truck to retrieve a bright blue anti-freeze container. In June, at 3 a.m. on a dark stretch of a highway in rural Arkansas, 17-year-old Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a sergeant from the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office. Jurors found Michael Davis, a former sergeant with the Lonoke County sheriff's office, guilty in the shooting death last year of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain during a traffic stop outside Cabot,. Davis pulled over Hunter Brittain, 17, on June 23, 2021, outside Cabot, a small town 30 miles north of Little Rock. He said it might be controversial. Now whats going to happen? grandma Rebecca Payne said. This was the first time I was invited to speak at a service where the victim was white, but as soon as I received the call about Hunters death, I immediately said yes. [5] Davis was fired for leaving his body cam off until after Brittain was shot. According to King, Brittain slowed down, put his turn signal on, and pulled to the left side of the road. Jacob echoed that most jurisdictions in the nation would make such information available, and that it is important that government bodies disclose the truth to the public. But since when have all the facts mattered? But sometimes it is a failure of training, as with the shooting of Brittain by an officer who didnt turn on his body camera. As Brittain pulled into the parking lot of Mahoneys, both Brittain and King opened their doors to let the smoke out. A former Arkansas sheriffs deputy has been convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to a year in jail over the 2021 shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. The warrant for Daviss arrest was issued by First Division Circuit Court Judge Barbara Elmore of the 23rd Judicial District the same morning of the affidavit. AND SECTION 12-8-595, ALL RELATING TO THE WITHHOLDING OF INCOME TAXES, SO AS TO UPDATE A REFERENCE TO THE TOP MARGINAL INCOME TAX RATE. When Pope County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Phillips, acting as the special prosecutor in this case, announced the charge during . The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and, if successful, the county is the likeliest source of money to satisfy a judgment. "It really needs to be kept until the prosecutor determines if it is appropriate for release," Golden said. "There is no national standard," said Alissa Marque Heydari, deputy director for the Institute of Innovation in Prosecution at the college. He suggested a law that would require law enforcement agencies to affirmatively post videos of events. Mary Brittain started hunting in Oregon with her husband in 1955, something that would turn into a family tradition carried out for generations to come. James Golden, a professor of criminal justice at the UALR School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, said it is important to protect criminal investigations by not releasing the footage until after it is complete. We share so much of the same story with our loved one being taken by the gun and taken without justice. Jesse Brittain, Hunters uncle, also spoke at the rally, saying, Id like to say to the black, white, brown communities around the country that its time we unite and come together.. As of 2018, at least 23 states and the District of Columbia had passed laws related to the public disclosure of body-worn camera footage, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This conforms to the pattern of police killings worldwide. Forced, momentarily, to acknowledge the reality that police violence affects people of every race and ethnicity, Sharpton has moved on. Officials have repeatedly denied the release of body camera footage since the June 23 shooting, citing it as part of an ongoing investigation. MISS BECKY: Sharpton and Crump help Hunter Brittains grandmother and guardian, Rebecca Payne. The horrific death of young Hunter Brittain sadly shows us that no one is safe until there is true police reform and accountability. But in this case, as in all the cases I have taken, it isnt just about Black or white; its about whats right and wrong. As I stated at his service, Hunter had a bottle of antifreeze, and perhaps that is the message: We must unfreeze hearts because for too long we have been frozen in our own race, our own class, our own comfort levels. Davis said he shot Brittain once, after the teen exited his truck and reached into its bed ignoring the sheriffs deputys orders to show his hands. -- Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump and Devon Jacob issued the following statement following the firing of Sergeant . Brittain was pulled over in the middle of the night last week in Cabot, Arkansas, for reasons that remain unclear. Martin, a 26-year-old black man, was found dead in a creek with a gunshot wound to his head in March 2020. I delivered the eulogy for Hunter at a packed auditorium at Beebe High School in Beebe, Arkansas. Mr King said Brittain's truck wouldn't go into park, so he got out to get an oil jug to put behind his vehicle's tyres, to stop it from hitting Sgt Davis' car. The best entrants of the Sony World Photography Awards, Brilliant Khawaja hands Aussies first-innings lead, Olivia Newton-John's friend opens up on roughest day. The predominantly white audience received me and attorney Benjamin Crump and others with open arms as we demanded justice in unison. I sat in the back of the cop car for about three hours.. Hunter Brittain, 17, was holding a blue jug of antifreeze when he was shot three times by a Lonoke County Sheriff's deputy in June. The prosecutor released his opinion that the shooting was justified June 25 and released the video upon receiving a Freedom of Information request sent afterward. Now-fired Lonoke County Sgt. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Did the officer hold a reasonable belief that his safety or the safety of others was at risk? Regardless of what happens in the public eye, there should be a standard to at least release footage to relatives and attorneys involved in the case, said Kwami Abdul-Bey, legislative/political action chairman for the Jacksonville branch of the NAACP. It's a nuanced issue, said Daniel Lawrence, research scientist with the nonprofit CNA Corporation's Center for Justice Research and Innovation. According to his family members, he went to place a large blue plastic bottle of antifreeze behind a tire to prevent his car from rolling backward as it was having mechanical problems. State police said Mr Brittain was from McRae, a city of about 700 about 24km northeast of Cabot. If there is a potential for criminal charges, there could be concerns the release of footage could bias a jury or lead to witnesses changing their statements, he said. Sell My Home. On 11/01/2007 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against LAYNE, BRITTAIN K. 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