Arkansas deputy sentenced to one year for teen’s traffic stop death

Former Lonoke County sheriff's deputy Michael Davis was convicted of negligent murder.
Staci Vandagriff/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette by way of AP

A former Arkansas sheriff’s deputy has been convicted of negligent murder and sentenced to a 12 months in jail over the 2021 capturing of a 17-year-old throughout a site visitors cease.

The jury discovered Michael Davis responsible of the misdemeanor cost, however not responsible of manslaughter.

Davis pulled over Hunter Brittain, 17, on June 23, 2021, outdoors Cabot, a small city 30 miles north of Little Rock.

Davis stated he shot Brittain as soon as, after the teenager exited his truck and reached into its mattress – ignoring the sheriff’s deputy’s orders to point out his fingers. A passenger and one other witness stated they didn’t hear Davis order the teenager to point out his fingers.

Brittain’s passenger stated the pair had been engaged on the truck’s transmission. No firearms had been present in or close to the truck.

Davis was fired by Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley as a result of he didn’t activate his physique digital camera till after the capturing.

Hunter Brittain, 17, was killed by Davis on June 23, 2021.

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Robert Newcomb, Davis’ lawyer, stated he plans to problem the conviction.

“The police officer has much more situational consciousness of a hazard than possibly your or I might concentrate on,” Newcomb stated.

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