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ARKANSAS ANTI-SLAPP LAWS: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ARKANSAS ANTI-SLAPP LAW: Arkansas Code Sections 16-501 - 16-508 A  strategic lawsuit against public participation  ( SLAPP ) is a  lawsuit  intended to  censor ,  intimidate , and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a  legal defense  until they abandon their criticism or opposition. In the typical SLAPP, the  plaintiff  does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the  defendant  succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting  legal costs , or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. In some cases, repeated frivolous litigation against a defendant may raise the cost of  directors and officers liability insurance  for that party, interfering with an organization's ability to operate. A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. A SLAPP is often preceded by a  legal threat . SLAPPs bring about freedom of speech concerns due to t

Dallas police officer who faces 2 capital murder charges ordered pair of hits in 2017, authorities allege  DALLAS — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder after authorities say he ordered the killings of two people in 2017: a 30-year-old woman whose body was recovered in the Trinity River and a 60-year-old man whose remains were never found. The Dallas Morning News obtained an internal memo from police Chief Eddie García, who told the department that Officer Bryan Riser, 36, was in custody. He had not yet been booked in to the Dallas County jail Thursday afternoon, according to a Sheriff’s Department spokesman. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. “This officer’s actions not only tarnished the badge, but it hinders the efforts of those who go out every day to inspire the public confidence and create respect for the law enforcement profession,” García said. Riser, who joined the department in August 2008, is assigned to the South Central patr

WICHITA, Kansas: 3   cops injured in possible explosion after being called to search vacant home WICHITA, Kansas -- Three police officers have been injured in a possible explosion after being dispatched to a vacant home. Concerned resident The incident happened just after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, when Patrol South officers from the Wichita Police Department in Kansas received a call and were subsequently dispatched to check on a vacant home in the McAdams neighborhood of the city, according to the Wichita Police Department (WPD). Authorities have not yet issued a formal statement on why they were called to the home, who may have made the call or what had been reported to the police but,  according to the Wichita Eagle Concerned resident , Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay told local media that the homeowners asked authorities to check the vacant home after they saw that several windows were open, leading them to think that somebody could be inside and that officers were given a