So here’s a disturbing story about a death in police custody:
The FBI said Thursday it will join the police investigation into the death of Chavis Carter, the 21-year-old man shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car in Jonesboro, Ark.
The investigation comes amid lingering questions over who pulled the trigger. Police said he committed suicide with a gun officers failed to find when they searched him. His family members said they believe he was killed by police who are attempting to cover it up.
For some reason, this story reminds me of a time a few decades ago in the American south, when there was a whole spate of drowning incidents of young negro men, who police determined must have been trying to steal more chain than they could swim with…
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