ASP Trooper Steven Payton pulls a staged pretextual stop on a black law student moving back for classes - Law School student is son of a retired Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge
Arkansas State Trooper Steven Payton Russ Racop August 21, 2020 Marion Humphrey, Jr. was moving back from law school in Fayetteville in a rented U-Haul to Little Rock to complete law school via on-line classes. Near the 81 mile marker, ASP Trooper Steven Payton pulled Humphrey over on a manufactured pretext. Here are Humphrey's own words about what transpired: This is a copy of the citation that was issued to Humphrey. Humphrey also posted this: Humphrey's father is retired Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Marion Humphrey. We have requested the audio/video recordings of the traffic stop and will post them upon receipt. We asked the Troop J Captain and the State Police Director for comments. No responses at the time of publication. Stay tuned for updates. ***UPDATE - 08/21/20 2:30PM*** Apparently the ASP needs time to concoct a story: ***UPDATE - 08/21/20 3:30 PM*** Turns out that Trooper Payton is no stranger to stepping off into the shitstorm. Back in 2011 when he was