An upcoming Investigation Discovery documentary will center on March 2, 2014, when New Iberia, Louisiana’s simmering racial tensions came to a boil as 22-year-old Victor White III was fatally shot in the back of a police car while being taken to the police station.
The officers said White shot himself in the chest, despite being handcuffed behind his back in the rear seat of the patrol car.
According to Investigation Discovery, the documentary “chronicles the White family’s search for justice for their son’s suspicious death while in police custody. The mystery becomes far more unsettling than any single tragedy, revealing a larger story of power, corruption and racial injustice nestled within a divided southern town, with Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal – a man shrouded in controversy – at the center.
Sugar Town premieres Monday, August 6 from 8-10PM ET on Investigation Discovery.
Watch a clip below: