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Little Rock attorney David M. Littlejohn arrested after 126 pounds of marijuana found in suitcases at airport, police say

Little Rock attorney David M. Littlejohn arrested after 126 pounds of marijuana found in suitcases at airport, police say David Littlejohn, left, and Janae Wallace (Photo: Pulaski County Sheriff's Office) A Little Rock attorney was arrested Tuesday after suitcases containing dozens of pounds of marijuana were found at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, according to police. David Littlejohn, 45, was arrested by Little Rock police around 9:30 p.m. at the airport, the report states. Online court records show he faces one count of possession with the purp ose to deliver a schedule IV controlled substance. Detectives were inspecting baggage from incoming flights Tuesday with the help of a K-9, according to the report. The dog flagged six suitcases. Two were picked up by Littlejohn, two by a California woman and two by a Little Rock woman, according to an incident report. They were found to contain 126 pounds of marijuana. All three were qu...

LRPD Detective John Brawley arrested for assault on family or household member

LRPD Detective John Brawley arrested for assault on family or household member, alleged drug abuse MAKING LITTLE ROCK ACCOUNTABLE AGAIN John Brawley - another LRPD officer arrested for domestic violence LRPD Major Crimes/Violent Crimes Detective John Brawley was arrested and booked into the Saline County jail on charges of 3rd degree assault on a family or household member. Brawley was booked and released. BODY CAM STILLS:  We posted about Brawley having a take-home vehicle in July 2019 (click  here  for that story). According to public records he and an Angela Brawley lived in Benton. We found that Brawley and his wife Angela divorced in 2013. At the time of publication we had not determined if they had remarried. Brawley was suspended back in 2007. Brawley was also involved in two shootings: ⧫  01/04/2005 - Four officers fired their weapons at a stolen car s...

LRPD drops quarterly community meetings and will only meet with citizens twice a year

LRPD drops quarterly community meetings and will only meet with citizens twice a year MAKING LITTLE ROCK ACCOUNTABLE AGAIN LRPD "Chief Keef" Humphrey In a shocking and disturbing move, the Little Rock Police Department moves towards less transparency and interaction with citizens by announcing it drops quarterly meetings in favor in semiannual ones. News of this prompted one citizen to contact her city board representative and express grave concerns. The first homicide of 2020 occurred in West Little Rock on January 6th (Ward 6) as did a double shooting on January 7th (Ward 5). Both of these violent crimes are making white folks in their WLR neighborhoods very nervous. Apparently LRPD did not provide this information to city leadership as they were caught off guard. We reached out to Ward 5 Director Hines and he advised us that he and other board members were trying to find out why they were not notified. Hines made reference to the email...

FEDERAL APPEALS COURTS RULES THAT SAYING "FUCK YOU" TO A POLICE OFFICER IS PROTECTED SPEECH

FEDERAL APPEALS COURTS RULES THAT SAYING "FUCK YOU" TO A POLICE OFFICER IS PROTECTED SPEECH - ARKANSAS STATE TROOPER'S RETALIATORY ACTIONS MAY COST THE STATE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ASP TROOPER LAGARIAN CROSS' FUCKERY MAY COST THE STATE A BUNDLE Yelling “fuck you” at a police officer is an act of free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on June 3rd of 2019. “As protected speech, it should be free from retaliatory government actions,” the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declared in a case from Fort Smith.  The court’s decision came in an appeal of a lawsuit filed by Eric Thurairajah, who was arrested in Fort Smith back in 2015, after he yelled “fuck you” at state trooper he was driving past. At the time, Trooper Lagarian Cross was conducting a traffic stop.  According to the court, “Trooper Cross ended the traffic stop of the van and pursued Thurairajah, stopped him, and arrested him, citing Arkansas’s ...