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LRPD Chief Keith "Swaggy K" Humphrey got away with murder in 1999

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  DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES What you didn't know about Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey: In 1999, Keith Humphrey murdered an unarmed man by shooting him five times, including his back, while face-down on the ground and got away with it. FLASHBACK: Off-duty officer not charged in fatal Arlington shooting Slain man's family criticizes decision in Arlington case 11/12/99 By Nancy Calaway and Rachel Horton / Arlington Morning News An off-duty Arlington police officer who fatally shot an unarmed shoplifting suspect at Six Flags Mall in June has been cleared of wrongdoing. A Tarrant County grand jury declined Thursday to indict Officer Keith Humphrey on a murder charge in connection with the slaying of 41-year-old Roy Don Bearden. The officer was also cleared by an internal affairs investigation, police officials said Thursday. Investigators said Officer Humphrey, 35, was justified in using deadly force in the June 23 incident. Mr. Bearden was killed after struggling with the of

ARKANSAS: 'Activist' Supreme Court Ruling on police ID photos called 'poor' by Co-Author of AFOIA

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  State 'Activist' Supreme Court overturns decision, restricts dissemination of police ID photos Advocates for state’s open-records law say high court’s decision overly broad   by  John Lynch  |  Arkansas' 'Activist Court' Makes Mockery of AFOIA. Casts valid doubts upon judiciary credibility. An Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that restricts the dissemination of police identity photographs was described Thursday by open-records advocates as "over broad" and a "ridiculously poor" ruling by an "activist court." In a five-page decision written by Justice Robin Wynne, the high court overturned a lower court ruling that designated a collection of ID photographs of Arkansas State Troopers a public record. Such pictures are colloquially referred to as "mug shots." The photo set, which police had released previously, was to include all troopers, except for those working undercover. ID photographs of undercover police are shielded from d

Little Rock's 'hands-on' police chief is suspended 'after accidentally shooting woman, 22, while aiming for another female suspect, 29, during NYE patrol

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SNARKY MEDIA GROUP NYE SHOOTING IN LITTLE ROCK COVERAGE GOES INTERNATIONAL: Snarky Media Group DailyMail.com https://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Little-Rock-police-chief... Little Rock's 'hands-on' police chief is suspended 'after accidentally shooting woman, 22, while aiming for another female suspect, 29, during NYE patrol Little Rock's police chief has been suspended after he accidentally shot and critically injured a woman while aiming at another woman filmed shooting a gun on New Years Eve. Police Chief Keith Humphrey was put on leave in accordance with the Little Rock Police Department guidelines for officer-involved shootings on Saturday, one day after he shot and critically injured 22-year-old Kelecia Mayo as he tried to take down suspected shooter Taz Hayes, 29. Dramatic video showed a woman arguing with a man before smashing the window of a car with a phone. A second woman - said to be Hayes - then runs into shot and opens fire, but doesn't hit anyone. Hum