I know there's a lot going on right now, but the guy who came to me to blow the whistle about the illegal Little Rock drug raids is in a jail cell right now. And everything about his arrest stinks. washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/…
1/ He did flee an arrest, which was a mistake. He was arrested for being late to court on a wintry day when the sheriff himself warned residents to stay off the roads. The charge he was due in court for? That's problematic too . . .
2/ It was a 22-month old charge for felony "forgery." *That* was because Talley made an honest mistake while trying to reclaim property that had been taken from him during a traffic stop under asset forfeiture laws. The underlying charge that allowed the forfeiture was dropped.
3/ The charge was resurrected, coincidentally, right at about the time that Talley began exposing corrupt LRPD narcotics cops on social media.
So yeah, everything about this stinks . . .
So yeah, everything about this stinks . . .
4/ He shouldn't have fled. But it isn't difficult to see how the guy might begin to think that law enforcement was out to get him. I can't say for sure that I wouldn't have panicked, too.
