Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday agreed to pay $245,000 of a $490,000 settlement to resolve two lawsuits filed in 2020 against former Police Chief Keith Humphrey and the city.
Little Rock police union files motion in federal court seeking sanctions against chief nwaonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nwaonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen has granted
Little Rock Police Capt. Marcus Paxton’s motion to voluntarily dismiss his lawsuit against Chief Keith Humphrey for retaliating him over perceived criticism of the chief.
The motion for dismissal didn’t state a reason. The case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled.
Advertisement
Paxton was represented by Chris Burks, who this week stepped off a similar case against Humphrey by three other officers, including assistant chief Hayward Finks, over Humphrey’s actions against them. Burks resigned the case rather than be held in contempt for releasing information in the case that was under a protective order. He disputed that he’d done that.
UPDATE: Facing contempt citation, lawyer exits suit against police chief
Circuit Judge Chris Piazza has found lawyer
Chris Burks in contempt of court for violating a protective order in the case in which he represented police officers suing
Police Chief Keith Humphrey.
Advertisement
Khayyam Eddings, attorney for Humphrey, said the judge had granted his motion that Burks be held in contempt for releasing protected information, specifically text messages in which Humphrey commented on various members of the Police Department. Burks contended Humphrey had released the texts to a Washington Post reporter, which Humphrey and the reporter, Radley Balko, denied. The texts had made their way into an article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the controversy came up at last night’s contentious City Board meeting. There, Mayor Frank Scott Jr.’s administration, with help from City Attorney Tom Carpenter, at least delayed an effort by