The family of a Arkansas man passed away after being arrested at a movie theatre is demanding answers after his death was ruled a suspect homicide. 30-year-old Terence Caffey go into an altercation with employees at the Movie Tavern in Little Rock in December 2021 when an off-duty deputy conducting security engaged according to KARK. Deputies said Caffey was arrested and lost consciousness due to “medical distress”. Caffey was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

“Terence Caffey went on a date, went to get popcorn, and ends up dead,”  Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Caffey’s family in the case said.

The attorney says there is more to the story than what is currently out there.  “The last moments of Terence Caffey’s life were spent in agony,” Crump told KARK. Caffey’s suspect manner of death is homicide, noting the cause as a medical condition that took place during the arrest according to the coroner’s report.

“There were blunt force injuries, bruises, battered, bleeding,” attorney Kenneth Abbarno when referring to the autopsy report said. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office told KARK that the family and Judge Marion Humphrey have seen the body camera footage from the incident. Now, the family is demanding the public see it too.

“Once the world sees the video, they will be able to determine whether or not for themselves whether police used unnecessary force and that’s what killed Terence Caffey,” Crump said. “Terence Caffey will be Little Rock’s George Floyd.”

The family says that in the video, Caffey is restrained by deputies and theatre staff, and at one point, he told them “I can’t breathe” and “I’m dying.”

The family says they want justice.

“We’re missing sleep, I’ve missed work several times,” Terrance’s uncle Nigel Caffey told KARK.

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