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LRPD Communication Director Kim Green called out as a racist by employee

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  LRPD Communication Director Kim Green called out as a racist by employee LRPD Communications Director Kim Green with dodgy LRPD Chief Keef Russ Racop - April 21, 2021   A LRPD civilian employee at the call center posted on her personal Facebook page a scathing resignation letter she sent to the LRPD Communications Director Kimberly Green. The letter details several incidents that point to Green and other employees at the call center creating a Hostile Work Environment. Don't just take her word for it, as soon as we posted Ms. Harris' resignation letter to Facebook, messages started coming in, for example, here is one from a former employee that happens to also be white: Her resignation letter:     We asked LRPD spokesman Mark Nelson, who uses the alias Mark Edwards for a comment. We don't expect him to reply.  Stay tuned for updates.

AAPA adopts new Statement on Race and Racism

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AAPA Statement on Race & Racism The following AAPA Statement on Race and Racism was written by the AAPA subcommittee tasked with revising the previous AAPA statement on the Biological Aspects of Race that was published in the  American Journal of Physical Anthropology , vol. 101, pp 569-570, 1996. The Committee on Diversity (COD) subcommittee was comprised of (in alpha order): Rebecca Ackermann, Sheela Athreya, Deborah Bolnick, Agustín Fuentes (chair), Tina Lasisi, Sang-Hee Lee, Shay-Akil McLean, and Robin Nelson.  The statement was unanimously accepted by the AAPA Executive Committee at its meeting on March 27, 2019 at the 88th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. This statement can be downloaded as a PDF file  here . Executive Summary: AAPA Statement on Race and Racism Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation. It was never accurate in the past, and it remains inaccurate when referencing contemporary human populations. Humans are not divided bio

Little Rock Top Cop Faces Another Violation of LRPD Policy Over Unpaid Debt Lawsuits

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  LRPD Chief facing another lawsuit over unpaid debts Russ Racop - April 3, 2021   A year ago we were the first news media agency to report that the LRPD police chief had been and was being sued for unpaid credit card debts. You can read that report by clicking  here . On February 4th,   LVNV Funding, LLC , filed a Petition for Indebtedness in the District Court of Cleveland County in Norman, OK, the official residence of the Little Rock Police chief. They are suing for $12,217,13 that Humphrey owed  SoFi Lending Corp.       Like in the three previous debt lawsuits filed and won against Humphrey, his attorney filed a boilerplate denial.      LRPD has a  General Order  in place about employees conduct. It is often cited in disciplinary actions against sworn and civil employees.   LRPD also has  Rules & Regulations  that specifically deal with payment of debts and obligations.   How can the feckless mayor keep his chief with his financial problems when his actions violate his own dep