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