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AG: Racial profiling hotline now live Originally Posted on 07 May 2007 Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today the launch of the Racial Profiling Hotline to accept complaints by citizens that have experienced or witnessed what they believe to be racial profiling by law enforcement. Act 768 of 2009, sponsored by Sen. Hank Wilkins, D-Pine Bluff, establishes the hotline. As a result of the complaints, the attorney general will create a report outlining the complaints received and provide it annually to the Legislative Council and Task Force on Racial Profiling. Wilkins sponsored legislation during the legislative session earlier this year to make not wearing a seat belt a primary offense, meaning it could be the sole reason for a traffic stop. That bill, which has been signed into law, drew objections from groups such as the NAACP that said it would open the door to racial profiling. “While I still believe, and certainly hop

As reported by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: LR police appeal rehiring of officer Edgmon case going to circuit court  By John Lynch   LITTLE ROCK — The Little Rock Police Department on Monday followed through with a promise to appeal the reinstatement of a white police officer who had been fired for using a racial slur during an alcohol tinged encounter in the River Market with a group of men, black and white, that was video-recorded and shown on the Internet. The department’s challenge to the Nov. 18 decision by the Little Rock [Civil] Service Commission to return David Edgmon to duty will be heard by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen.  The panel voted 3-2 to overturn Edgmon’s August firing by Police Chief Stuart Thomas and instead impose a 30-day unpaid suspension. No hearing dates have been scheduled as officials await the completion of a transcript of the commission’s hearing. Edgmon of Conway, who has previously been suspended for a day after allo

  Off The Rails: The Year In Fox News Misinformation December 21, 2010 10:09 am ET As the year comes to a close,  Media Matters  offers a month-by-month look back at Fox News' most outrageous and factually challenged moments of 2010. January Hume Counsels Tiger Woods To Ditch Buddhism To "Make A Total Recovery."  On the January 3 edition of  Fox News Sunday , Brit Hume  commented  on the scandal surrounding golfer Tiger Woods: "He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption offered by the Chnristian faith. So my message to Tiger would be, 'Tiger, turn your faith -- turn to the Christian faith, and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.' " Hume's attack on Buddhism was  criticized by religious leaders , but endorsed by Hume's Fox News colleagues  Tucker Carlson  and  Fred Barnes . Hume  stood by his comments  despite the criticism. Fox Hi