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'Little Rock police'

Two LR cops busted in federal marijuana sting

Late-breaking news from the federal courthouse: Two Little Rock police officers, half-brothers Mark Jones and Randall Robinson, have been arrested for roles in a plan to distribute more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and use of a firearm in the course of a crime.
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Surgeon general strikes deal on disturbance charges

One charge has been dismissed and two others have been passed, with dismissal expected in six months, in the disturbance case against Surgeon General Joe Thompson, arrested by Little Rock police at his Hillcrest home March 31.
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Occupy Little Rock before the eviction UPDATE

Photographer Brian Chilson is on hand this morning for the 7 a.m. police eviction of Occupy Little Rock from its camp at 4th and Ferry Streets.

Grade schoolers pull cop's gun on school bus

Police were called to Watson Elementary at 7000 Valley Drive today after a report of a gun on a school bus.
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Who's occupying what in Little Rock?

An Occupy Little Rock protester got a ticket yesterday for obstructing traffic by inadvertently leaving the sidewalk during a protest march to City Hall . Robert Johnston is quick to highlight the irony in news photographs of the event in a letter to Mayor Mark Stodola, City Manager Bruce Moore and Police Chief Stuart Thomas: The photo on the front page oif the AR Section of the DemGaz says a lot about the City's Perverted Priorities: The photo captures a cop writing a ticket for 'obstructing the street' to a 40ish Occupy Little Rock demonstrator carrying a US flag.

Occupy Little Rock takes to the streets

Occupy Little Rock marched from its camp at Fourth and Ferry to City Hall on Clinton Avenue/Markham Street this afternoon.
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LRPD and what we don't know about rough cops UPDATE

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported this morning that Little Rock will pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man, Demetrius Curtis, who said two cops brutalized him in a 2008 arrest.

LRPD explains video released under FOI

I mentioned and posted yesterday a brief video clip that turned up in an FOI request of dash video records from the Little Rock police cruiser of Officer Chris Johannes, one of the officers involved in the bust — about seven hours before the video was made — of Surgeon General Joe Thompson.
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Newsletter describes Stephens Inc. security

Stephens Inc.'s security force has been the subject of some unwelcome attention since one of its staff of 45 took offense at questions from Surgeon General Joe Thompson and called in the LRPD to roust Thompson.

LRPD live

Partne Daugherty, the woman who first unearthed Little Rock police video and audio recordings that put a much different light on the arrest of Surgeon General Joe Thompson, is still sniffing into the work of Little Rock police through Freedom of Information Act requests for tapes from patrol unit dash cameras.
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The surgeon general's crime: 'Getting in security guard's face'

More here on the curious case of Surgeon General Joe Thompson, arrested at the door of his home on Ridgeway in Hillcrest by Little Rock cops who didn't like his demeanor.

Another push for city residency for LR cops, firefighters

City Director Erma Hendrix, with support from Ken Richardson, is back with a proposal to make more city employees be residents of the city.
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