The moratorium on evictions ends this week. But it’s just another week in landlord-friendly Arkansas.
Ken Richardson
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UPDATE: Little Rock City Board has deal in works on recycling
A recycling compromise and a dark outlook for a resolution encouraging an eviction moratorium are on the Little Rock Board agenda tonight.
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A city resolution to encourage an eviction moratorium is up for discussion, but it may be time for something more effective
A Little Rock director wants to encourage eviction moratoriums. It may be too late for that, but not another idea good for both renters and landlords.
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Complaints build against Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey
Separate TV news reports last night indicate more trouble is brewing for Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey, whose primary and most important defender to date remains the man who hired him, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.
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Police release video of arrest of City Director Ken Richardson
Little Rock police yesterday released dash cam footage of the arrest of City Director Kenneth Richardson for obstructing governmental operations by refusing to leave the scene of an officer questioning a young black man at a shopping center.
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City Director Ken Richardson arrested for interfering with police UPDATE
City Director Ken Richardson is in trouble with Little Rock police, charged with obstruction of government operations. By his account, he was arrested for not following an officer’s orders when observing the officer’s encounter with someone else.
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City directors deny ordinance de-emphasizing marijuana enforcement; Richardson says he ‘won’t give up’
In a meeting Tuesday evening, the Little Rock Board of Directors denied an ordinance proposed last week by Ward 2 Director Ken Richardson that would have asked the Little Rock Police Department to create a formal, written policy de-emphasizing personal use marijuana arrests.
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Assistant Chief Hayward Finks says mayor asked about firing Charles Starks during police chief job interview
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Clara Turnage’s reporting suggests the rift between Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and local law enforcement officials is growing. Little Rock Police Department Assistant Chief Hayward Finks told Turnage that during his job interview for police chief, Mayor Frank Scott Jr. repeatedly asked him, “Who would you fire first if you were hired as police chief?” Finks understood that line of questioning to be about former LRPD officer Charles Starks, who shot and killed Bradley Blackshire during a “felony stop” on Feb. 22. Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley also told the newspaper that he’d never seen a felony case file rushed more in his nearly 30 years in office. He attributed the rush to pressure from the mayor on the police department.
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Little Rock director to reintroduce ordinance to de-emphasize marijuana enforcement
Little Rock City Director Ken Richardson says he plans to reintroduce an ordinance that would de-emphasize arrests for personal use of marijuana at the Little Rock Board’s next meeting. Richardson […]
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Little Rock director urges new chief to de-emphasize marijuana enforcement
Little Rock City Director Ken Richardson has renewed with the new police chief his effort to de-emphasize arrests for personal use of marijuana.