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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.
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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
Police captain asks to dismiss lawsuit against Little Rock Chief Humphrey
Police captain asks to dismiss lawsuit against Little Rock Chief Humphrey Little Rock Police Department s 12th Street substation
Little Rock Police Capt. Marcus Paxton has asked to drop his lawsuit against
Police Chief Keth Humphrey.
The motion for a voluntary dismissal doesn’t cite a reason. Several other suits are still pending against the chief. Also pending is Humphrey’s suit again various officers for conspiring to run him off.
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Paxton sued Humphrey for transferring him and denying him pay and training opportunities as retaliation for testimony by him and officers in the training division he headed critical of the chief’s handling of Officer Charles Starks’ fatal shooting of Bradley Blackshire in a traffic stop about a suspected stolen car.