Benton County judge s parking spot dispute leads to investigation
A video posted to Twitter shows Karren throwing his cane to the ground as he confronts former Arkansas Speaker of the House Davy Carter. Author: Casey Frizzell, Kathryn Gilker Published: 2:47 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 6:55 PM CDT May 3, 2021
BENTONVILLE, Ark. An investigation has been opened against Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren following a confrontation with a former lawmaker over a parking spot.
A video posted to Twitter shows Karren throwing his cane to the ground as he confronts former Arkansas Speaker of the House Davy Carter.
Carter said it all started over his son parking in a government-owned parking lot next to the 21c in Bentonville at around 7:00 p.m. Saturday. Carter claims in a tweet that his son parked in the lot outside of the restricted hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Davy Carter, the former House speaker, is getting attention on Twitter for a thread he posted last night about a parking lot encounter with
Circuit Judge Brad Karren of Bentonville.
The thread includes a video of Karren throwing down his cane as if to advance on Carter in a heated discussion that ensued after Karren found Carter’s son’s truck parked in his parking space. Carter said a sign on the lot indicated it was for government parking through 5 p.m. and his son parked about 7 p.m.
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Karren has made headlines before. This account includes his sentencing of a TV reporter to jail for making an audio recording in his courtroom (she was new to Arkansas and said she didn’t know about the rule) and another case in which he cited a reporter for Tweeting a verdict from his court. The latter incident was settled without a jail sentence. The TV station “volunteered” to do a feature on a subject of interest to Karren.
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