Snarky Media Report

In an unprecedented move, Little Rock's elected officials have scheduled an emergency meeting Sunday afternoon with police chief Kenton Buckner to discuss the spike in gang violence.  The meeting is set for tomorrow at 3:00 P.M. in the board room at city hall. The meeting is open to the public.  According to a story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, there have been 12 more homicides so far this year that in the same period last year, with 19 recorded as of Thursday. The story also reported that there were 71 people who received nonfatal gunfire injuries  as of Thursday, a 92% increase compared with the 37 recorded in the same date last year.  Officials stated that at least 16 of those shootings involved a victim who was participating in gang activity, a drug deal or some kind of crime.  One in five victims refused to cooperate with police. Both LRPD and Bruce Moore the City Manager have used the term "rival parties" instead of gangs in interviews. As we reported last Tue

  JUDGE "WILD BILL" PEARSON FALLS TO THE GROUND IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR As mentioned in our last post , we discovered a video that had not been viewed by the Arkansas State Police investigators, the Special Prosecuting Attorney, or the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission in the case of the "Wild Bill" Pearson, the Circuit Court Judge that blasted through a sobriety checkpoint and took   Here is the video for your viewing pleasure.   After you watch it you will wonder how long it will take for citizens of that part of the state to seek Wild Bill's removal from office. According to comments left on videos we posted on YouTube, the natives are upset off and restless. Carl the commentator is not too far off in his statement about what might have happened if another law enforcement agency other that the State Police had stopped Wild Bill. In the videos, you can see a Clarksville police officer hand Trooper Smith his cellphone and he tells Trooper Smith

  JUDGE "WILD BILL" PEARSON - HE CAN'T DRIVE A CAR NOW, BUT HE CAN STAY ON THE BENCH Our original post detailed the sweet deal Judge "Wild Bill" Pearson obtained from a Special Prosecutor and Special Judge after local ones recused themselves.   http://badgovernmentinarkansas.blogspot.com/2017/04/judge-fails-to-stop-at-checkpoint-is.html   After all, that is what Rule 69 of the Good Ole Boy system dictates. Videos (that we initially had some difficulty in obtaining) clearly show Wild Bill running through a sobriety checkpoint and nearly missing Arkansas State Troopers standing in the middle of the highway (with blue lights flashing on cars on both shoulders of the road) and being chased by two troopers for several miles.   Wild Bill refused to stop and a trooper had to use his own vehicle to force Wild Bill to give up the chase. Then Wild Bill refused to comply multiple times to troopers orders that he get out of the vehicle. Wild Bill could barely speak, but you

"IT'S LIKE WE ARE UNDER SIEGE" - DIRECTOR DORIS WRIGHT At a city board meeting back in March, Director Dorris Wright asked City Manager Bruce Moore to have the Little Rock Police Department provide information about what was behind a rash of shooting in the city, especially in her ward which encompasses  parts of central and west Little Rock. It took LRPD an entire month to provide City Manager Moore a paragraphs worth of information.     The paragraph about crime statistics was the easy part and probably took a couple of minutes to look that information up. Why the city is afraid to speak plainly and admit that the shootings were gang related and instead used a euphemism that appears less dangerous is just as alarming as the ever increasing crime. Just yesterday there were four shooting in less that five hours. Here are some crimes that have occurred, all over the city in the last few days: - A man armed with a large pistol forced two Little Rock Waffle House employees i

Last week we sent a request to the ABC for information about complaints and compliance checks concerning the 1836 Club. This is what we received. The 1836 club is a members only private club.  You have to be 21 years of age or older to purchase a membership. According their application with the ABC there was to be cigar smoking in the building which would not permit anyone under 21 years of age to enter.  If a member cooperated with the ABC and let the an ABC Enforcement Agent  use their membership number/card to gain access to the club and the agent took a cooperating individual in with them as a guest to tried and entrap a server or bartender that might get the member kicked out for violating club policies. Not to mention that the use of an underage individual by the ABC to attempt to or actually purchase an alcoholic beverage is against the law as there are no exceptions for law enforcement in the statue. Perhaps a member took an ABC Agent and a cooperating individual, perhaps even

CRAWFORD CO. DETENTION DEPUTY MICA GALE'S MUGSHOT A Crawford County detention deputy facing felony charges has been  placed on administrative leave after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a minor.   Micha Gale, 24, was accused of having a relationship with a 17-year-old female, who was left in the deputy’s care while her parents were fumigating their home for bedbugs, according to Crawford County Sheriff Ron Brown. RON BROWN - CRAWFORD CO. SHERIFF Gale was arrested by Van Buren Police and has been charged with first-degree sexual assault. According to Sheriff Brown, Gale had been employed by the Sheriff’s Office for about one year. Gales' LinkedIn profile lists that prior to her employment with the Sheriff's Department she worked one month for the Arkansas Department of Correction.

  A FULL DAY'S WORK FOR THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION The Arkansas Ethics Commission dismissed complaints against North Little Rock Mayor Joe Smith and NLR Aldermen but found probable cause for a violation against Jerry Jones and North Little Rock Police Officer, and NLR Fraternal Order of Police President, Michael Gibbons. It means that they violated state law in connection with Jones gift to NLRPD Officers. GIBBONS AND JONES - WAITING ON WRITTEN OFFERS OF SETTLEMENT FROM THE A.E.C. Gibbons was represented by former Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel  who proudly stated that he had never appeared before the Commission as a respondent, but not doubt all of the members were thinking about the ethical dilemma McDaniel placed himself in a few years ago that kept him from being Governor.    DUSTIN McDANIEL According to documents produced by Ethics Commission staff, both Gibbons and Jones will be sent a written offer of settlement in accordance with the Commission Rules of Prac