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'Absolute inhumane atrocity' — Attorneys call for justice for a December 2021 death

The attorneys representing the family of Terence Caffey met Wednesday to highlight key parts of his arrest and death in December 2021. In March 2022, Caffey's death was ruled a homicide, but a sickle-cell trait cause was also listed. The family and attorneys called for justice in Caffey's death; they believe the police officers killed him.
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Civil rights attorneys prepare four new lawsuits against LRPD and city for 'no-knock warrant' raids UPDATE

At a press conference Thursday morning, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Michael Laux announced the filing of four new civil rights lawsuits in the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of nine plaintiffs and against 50 Little Rock Police Department officers, including former police chief Kenton Buckner, and the city of Little Rock for violations of the plaintiffs' constitutional rights, Fourth Amendment violations and police misconduct.
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A profile on 'no knock' raid lawyer Ben Crump

Ben Crump, the Tallahassee, Fla.-based civil rights attorney who is representing several Little Rock residents who say they were victims of an unethical, dangerous "no-knock" warrant policy by the Little Rock Police Department, is the subject of a long profile in New York magazine. 

Lawyers show LRPD memo that indicates SWAT raids were standard practice for search warrants

In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Mike Laux shared an LRPD memorandum from a 2014 drug raid, which includes a portion that reads, "It is a mandate from the Office of the chief of Police that the SWAT team execute all search warrants." Three new alleged victims of no-knock search warrants also came forward.
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No-knock raids a subject with first chief candidate. UPDATE: Were SWAT raids a policy of the police chief?

Public sessions with four finalists for Little Rock police chief began last night and the first candidate won headlines all over for saying in response to a question that he "generally" didn't think no-knock raids were necessary.

More Little Rock residents allege they were victims of 'unconstitutional, unethical' no-knock search warrants

In a press conference on Tuesday morning, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Mike Laux introduced several people the attorneys described as victims of "unconstitutional, unethical" no-knock search warrants by the Little Rock Police Department
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