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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 23, 2012
She reportedly told an investigator that he called her from the squad car and said he had a gun.
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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 21, 2012
Updated: Carter tested positive for methamphetamine and other drugs. Plus: Medical examiner rules that the man who was shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car committed suicide.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 17, 2012
In today's link roundup: The father of the 21-year-old who police say shot himself while handcuffed is not hearing it. Plus: Reading Rainbow host spotlights children's literacy.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 15, 2012
This video shows officers' take on how they say Chavis Carter was shot in the head while restrained in the back of a police car.
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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onAugust 7, 2012
We seem to live in a bizarre universe where violence against unarmed black men is OK.
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by Charles M. Blow onAugust 5, 2012
How does a handcuffed man in the back of a police car manage to shoot himself? New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow lays out the facts of this strange case.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 3, 2012
Police say 21-year-old Chavis Carter pulled the trigger on himself while restrained in the back of a car. An investigation will determine whether that's true.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 2, 2012
His mother's theory? "I think they killed him."
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