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Lawsuit filed over deputy’s fatal shooting of Arkansas teen

FILE - Jesse Brittain hugs his mother, Rebecca Payne, after former Lonoke County sheriff's deputy Michael Davis was convicted of negligent homicide on Friday, March 18, 2022, in Cabot, Ark. The family of an unarmed Arkansas teenager fatally shot during a traffic stop filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, June 23, 2022, against the former deputy who killed him. The lawsuit also names Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley. (Thomas Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Arkansas State Troopers escort former Lonoke County sheriff's deputy Michael Davis, left center, after being convicted of negligent homicide on Friday, March 18, 2022, at the Cabot Readiness Center in Cabot, Ark. The family of an unarmed Arkansas teenager fatally shot during a traffic stop filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, June 23, 2022, against the former deputy who killed him. The lawsuit also names Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley. (Thomas Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
Lawsuit filed over deputy’s fatal shooting of Arkansas teen