Autopsy: Death of handcuffed man in Ark. a suicide

[thebigsd]

Isnt it a major tenet of law enforcement is the last person with the victim is always the first suspect ?

I can only imagine if a suspect and cop were alone in a car and the cop gets shot in the head how the investigation would be conducted differently.

Suspect : "Officers, trust me, he shot himself in the head"

We may disagree on other things but this post is EXACTLY how I feel about this situation.

 

[REALteach4u]

This is why outside agencies should never be allowed to have internal affairs investigations. If we go on what's in the article this looks like murder-by-cop.

If we assume that something wasn't properly reported or just missed, like he slipped the cuffs, then the issue becomes moot.

 

[OC for ME]

The involved cop(s) are innocent bystanders in this tragic case of suicide, in a cop car, with a malfunctioning video camera, that allegedly should have shown a handcuffed perp shooting himself in his own head with a handgun he either had on himself in the same area as his handcuffed hands, or found a handgun in the cop car that coincidentally happened to be in the vicinity of his handcuffed hands.....truly tragic....poor officer(s), they are the true victims.....:dude: