I am from southeast Missouri, along the Missouri-Arkansas state line. I am an Arkansas State alumn and lived in Jonesboro for several years. This doesn't have anything to do with this issue, just some personal background and to explain my interest in the Chavis Carter incident. While I was visiting my family the 1st week of August, the Jonesboro station was running reports nightly about the case. According to initial reports, the dash cams and witnesses have backed up the officers' reports.
The Jonesboro police department has issued this re-enactment of the incident:
http://www.kait8.com/category/240189...autostart=true
To be honest, this video is not clearing up the issue with me. I know that not everyone does what they are supposed to every time, but I believe it is standard procedure for police to search anyone who they have placed in handcuffs (either for arrest or when the police place someone in handcuffs for "safety reasons"). It leaves the question, why didn't the police officers search Chavis Carter? And, the re-enactment just looks awkward to me.