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Sharpton and Crump are advocating for 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by Sgt. Michael Davis during a June 23 traffic stop Officer Davis, who is white, was fired by Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley last week for not turning on his body camera until after the shooting occurred Last Friday, Arkansas State Police handed over the results of its investigation into the shooting to prosecutors On July 7, Sharpton and Crump attended the funeral for the teen where Sharpton said 'I want the whole world to know the name of Hunter Brittain' Sharpton said that there is...

Add "bottle of antifreeze" to the list of common objects law enforcement officers have mistaken for deadly weapons and then used to justify shooting—and, in this case, killing—an unarmed citizen... King told local ABC affiliate KATV news that the truck wouldn't properly shift into park, so Brittain went to the back of the truck with a jug of antifreeze to prop behind a truck's tire so that it wouldn't roll backward and strike Davis' vehicle. That's when Davis fired at Brittain, and according to King, Davis didn't tell him to stop or get on the ground. He just shot him.

LONOKE COUNTY, Ark. — Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley announced through a Facebook video Thursday that Sergeant Mike Davis, the officer involved in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, was fired due to policy violations.Staley said that the deputy's bodycam was not turned on during last week's traffic stop that resulted in the shooting death of Brittain. Because the deputy failed to activate his bodycam, he has been terminated," Staley said in his statement. Davis was with the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office since 2013. According to the sheriff, there's no recorded video of the incident itself, but rather recordings...