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Little Rock School District claims that they did not give records to ICE Agent - Video from school indicates otherwise.

Little Rock School District claims that they did not give records to ICE Agent - Video from school indicates otherwise.   LR Central High School employees cooperate with ICE Agent's request for student records On Thursday August 8th, posts on social media claimed an ICE agent was at LR Central High School trying to obtain student records. Social media posts similar to this were heavily circulated on August 8th LRSD was flooded with calls and emails about the incident. LRSD was quick to state that the "purported" ICE agent was sent packing and no records were provided. What about information on Asian, Black or White students Ms. Rousseau?    And so a press release was issued. We were able to obtain a copy of the videos sent to LRPD. The video below show the ICE Agent flashing credentials to CHS office personnel. Apparently the ICE agent requests information about a student and an employee goes and retrie

DENIAL OF ACCESS: Little Rock recording ban reversed after outcry from media

The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: DENIAL OF ACCESS Little Rock recording ban reversed  after outcry from media MAKING LITTLE ROCK ACCOUNTABLE AGAIN The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker DENIAL OF ACCESS Little Rock recording ban reversed after outcry from media August 6, 2019 Date of Incident: July 23, 2019 Targets: Ean Bordeaux, Rich Newman, Russ Racop Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Last Updated: August 6, 2019 Politicians or Public Figures Involved: Little Rock Civil Service Commission Two days after the Little Rock Civil Service Commission signed off on a rule allowing the commission to bar anyone from recording the body’s public hearings, the ban was overturned amid outcry and threatened legal action from local media. The ban was approved just days before the commission was set to hold an appeal hearing for former Little Rock Police Officer Charles Starks. Starks, who is white, was fired from the force in May for fatally shooting Bradley Blackshire, a bla