In the city’s nearly 200 year history, Little Rock’s city council (which is called a board of directors) has never held a no-confidence vote on the city’s police chief. Today, driven by the police union, it will hold one for the black, reformist chief Keith Humphrey. https://twitter.com/katvnews/status/1344041973431341056
The head of the police union just stressed the importance of accountability and law enforcement officer being held to the highest standard. So. Ok.
Little Rock blogger Russ Racop just told black opponents of the no-confidence resolution to “Shut the fuck up.” Then told Mayor Frank Scott: “Fuck you, too.”
A city director who supports the no-confidence vote in the chief just referred to the “George Foreman protests” over the summer.
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