(AP) – A lawyer for the family of a black teenager shot by
police outside an emergency youth shelter in eastern Arkansas says her office is
conducting its own investigation after a state prosecutor said officers were
justified in using deadly force against the teen and won’t be charged.Attorney Kim Cole says her office was reviewing the body camera footage
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington released that shows 16-year-old Aries Clark
was holding and raising what appeared to be a pistol on July 25 outside East
Arkansas Youth Services in Marion. Ellington announced Wednesday that Marion
police officers Wesley Smith and Brannon Hinkle won’t face charges in Clark’s
death.
police outside an emergency youth shelter in eastern Arkansas says her office is
conducting its own investigation after a state prosecutor said officers were
justified in using deadly force against the teen and won’t be charged.Attorney Kim Cole says her office was reviewing the body camera footage
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington released that shows 16-year-old Aries Clark
was holding and raising what appeared to be a pistol on July 25 outside East
Arkansas Youth Services in Marion. Ellington announced Wednesday that Marion
police officers Wesley Smith and Brannon Hinkle won’t face charges in Clark’s
death.
Ellington wrote that the officers “begged” and “cajoled” Clark to drop the gun
and fired after he raised it toward police.
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