http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/08/17/jboro-police-release-handcuffed-shooting-dashcam-video Comments On: J'boro police release handcuffed shooting dashcam video by David Koon en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Maybe it was suicide or maybe the gun went off by accident when he found it in his pants or stuck in the backseat? Too many black men die at the hands of the cops, but doesn't look like that was the case here.

But I also don't want to be Bill Frist diagnosing a brain dead girl in Florida via video tape.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:22:40 -0500 Arkansas Times
IMHO
Posted by SkyPilot]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:38:06 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by kirkwood]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:58:10 -0500 Arkansas Times
SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED IT ALL.

In addition to the dashcam footage released earlier, the ArkD-G this morning posted telephone and video interviews of two witnesses, Casper Gibson and Jamie Anderson, who described what they saw while standing just a few feet away from the patrol car in which Chavis Carter was shot. I listened closely to those two interviews and encourage others to do the same.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/videos/2012/…

Both witnesses (interviewed hours apart) said it was they who were responsible for calling the police and that they saw everything from beginning to end. Both said the officers placed Chavis Carter in the back seat of the patrol car and closed the doors (as Lyons notes above, from the police report).

Both Gipson and Ms. Anderson said the police officers were standing outside of and several feet away from the closed-door patrol car talking to each other when they (Gipson and Ms. Anderson) heard a pop that apparently was the gunshot that killed Carter. Ms. Anderson is quite sure that the pop she heard was a gunshot.

Despite the protests and conjecture to the contrary, witnesses Gibson and Anderson appear to be certain that the Jonesboro police officers did not shoot and kill Chavis Carter. It will be interesting to see how much investigative weight is given to their accounts.

Posted by Durango]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:54:19 -0500 Arkansas Times
Some microphones have some kind of device that protects their fragile diaphragm from being overwhelmed, and damaged. It may not still be true, as I'm not up on the technology, but years ago special microphones were required to record close gunshots and cannon--as in recording the cannons frequently used in the "Eighteen Twelve Overture."

Thus, the microphone in the police car MAY have blocked some of the vibrations to protect the diaphragm, and therefore distorted the sound of the gunshot.

Let's hear from one of our sound engineers.
Posted by SkyPilot]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:57:46 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:28:21 -0500 Arkansas Times