Hunter Brittain funeral includes loud (and biracial) calls for justice and police reform

[LiberalArkie]

Arkansas Times photographer Brian Chilson provides coverage for the funeral for Hunter Brittain at Beebe High School, where most seats in the auditorium appear to be taken.

The pickup he was driving the night he was shot by a Lonoke deputy after a traffic stop was parked outside.

Speakers include Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton.

A prayer from his pastor opened the remarks. Then friends spoke. “…smallest friend with biggest balls,” said one. “Justice for Hunter.” The cry would be repeated.

His uncle, Jesse Brittain, said the family wouldn’t stop advocating until there was justice for Hunter and he also invoked “unjust killings” by police around the country. Qualified immunity for law officers must end, he said, to an ovation. He urged all to unite behind “equal justice for all races.”


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https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/07/06/hunter-brittain-funeral-underway

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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/07/mourners-remember-teen-call-for-changes-in/



Rev. Al Sharpton (left) and attorney Benjamin Crump (right) escort Rebecca Payne to view her grandson's casket during the funeral service for 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the Beebe Schools Auditorium in Beebe. Brittain was shot by a Lonoke County Sheriff's Deputy during a traffic stop on June 23. .More photos at www.arkansasonline.com/77funeral/.(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. K&R. This story is heartbreaking. FTP.

[LiberalArkie]

2. The article is very good.

Sharpton said: “Keep marching, keep standing up, keeping going to the county house and the statehouse and the police station and stand up. If you’re for Trump wear your Trump button but keep marching. If you’re for Biden, wear your Biden button and keep marching. … All of us want to see our children come home at night safe and protected.”

He said there might be a message in the anti-freeze bottle. That the world needs to melt frozen hearts that “separate us.” Maybe, said, Hunter Brittain is calling for some “anti-freeze.” He closed, to cheering, “It’s anti-freeze time.”

[crickets]

3. So very sad.