LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a teenager during a traffic stop has been fired after the sheriff said he did not activate his body camera until after the shooting took place.
Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley on Thursday said Sgt. Michael Davis was fired after it was discovered he didn’t follow the agency’s body camera policy in the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain on June 23.
The shooting is being investigated by Arkansas State Police. Staley said there’s only footage of the aftermath of Brittain’s shooting.
In other news regarding Brittain’s death, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, president of National Action Network (NAN), will deliver the eulogy at Brittain’s funeral on Tuesday, July 6, at the Beebe School Auditorium. The service is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.
According to a release from NAN, Brittain’s family requested Rev. Sharpton deliver the eulogy.
KATV reported Wednesday that the Brittain family has retained the same lawyers as George Floyd’s family to represent them in court. Click here for that story.
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