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)

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1. This was bound to happen sooner or later.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Another article to contribute to this thread:

Al Sharpton eulogizes white Arkansas teen shot by deputy

BEEBE, Ark. — The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd's family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy, as they urged support across racial lines for efforts to reform police practices.

Sharpton eulogized 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by a white Lonoke County sheriff's deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 near Cabot, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.

The killing in the predominantly white community has drawn the attention of national civil rights activists such as Sharpton, who said concerns about police tactics aren't just limited to the Black community.

"The issue of policing is not about Black and white," Sharpton told a packed auditorium at Beebe High School, where Brittain was a rising senior. "It's about right and wrong."

Read more: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2021/jul/07/al-sharpton-eulogizes-white-arkansas-teen-shot-deputy/877995/