OFFICIAL SECRETS: Chief year-old. And, yes, clearly, Stuart Thomas still mum about some have been influenced by October wreck involving the fact that the men are former assistant police chief. black and the young woman Sgt. Cassandra Davis said the white. Those quoted words Little Rock police have NOT were not used by the police filed charges against Joseph or intimated in their reports, Williams, the driver of a car however. Some, too, don't seriously wounded Tuesday by understand that deadly force police officer Chris may not be used simply Johannes' gunshot in the Park because someone an officer Plaza parking deck. Johannes would like to talk with is has said he felt threatened fleeing. It may be used when Williams' car backed up because of threat of harm to fast toward him and others as the officer or others, which it backed out of a parking is what Johannes has space. The car was going expressed about the vehicle forward when it crashed backing out of its parking following the gunshots. space at a high speed. Johannes wanted to stop the UPDATE: To add to your car to talk to occupants information on the case, about a report from a Cabot here's a summary of the woman that the men had asked incident compiled by the her 17-year-old daughter to detective division. Note the join them in the car. I wrote description of how events earlier, based on a Democrat- were set in motion. The 17- Gazette account, that year-old from Cabot found a Williams, who is hospitalized mall security guard to report at UAMS, faced charges of that "a black male rolled aggravated assault, first- down his window and asked her degree battery and possession if she wanted to get into his of drugs (presumably the vehicle." Harassment? white powder found in the UPDATE II: I received a large car). In an e-mail this stack of incident reports morning, however, Davis said this afternoon reflecting the no charges had yet been filed number of times Johannes has against anyone in the reported using force or other incident. The charges listed extraordinary means, such as are among those listed as vehicle or foot pursuit, in being investigated in an arrest. He reported use of detectives' summary of the physical force — takedowns, initial report, which you'll knee strikes pressure points find linked below. — in dozens of cases, most The investigation continues. involving domestic disputes I can't recall, however, a or drunk and disorderly police investigation that people in public places (also failed to justify a Little a naked couple arguing in a Rock officer's use of deadly downtown hotel). The dozens force. Given the haze of fast- of incidents of physical moving events, it's force, often described as understandable that officers minor, include no incidents get benefit of some doubt in in which Johannes used a enforcing order. But I do firearm. He did report use of think it's important to keep pepper spray several times to in mind the probable cause subdue unruly suspects. The for stopping this vehicle — a police have no record of spoken overture, with no complaints to the agency physical contact, to a young about use of force by woman. Johannes. I was surprised by Sgt. Johannes has reported several Davis' statement to the D-G run-ins with suspects in his that the police were private duty job at Park considering filing harassment Plaza, beginning with charges against the two other resistance from his attempt men in Williams' car for to evict a man who'd been talking to the woman. An banned from the mall in 2005. officer firing at a car Three times in 2008 he moving toward him his one reported using "knee strikes" thing. Stacking charges to subdue people resisting — against two passengers to shoplifters in two cases and, improve the appearance of the in one case, a man who'd been attempted stop is another. If banned from the mall. He had the police believe that words to chase and take down a man spoken by these men in 2009 who ran when Johannes constitute criminal activity, tried to enforce a previous they should have charged them ban from the premises. Also already. in 2009, he arrested a man Speaking of police who resisted when Johannes investigations: Does Police tried to break up a fight Chief Stuart Thomas ever between the man and a woman intend to tell the public in the parking deck. Aug. 5, what officers found about the 2010, Johannes arrested one curious late-night car wreck shoplifter in a mall shop, in which former Assistant but had to chase another. He Chief Carlos Corbin was said she resisted, so he involved? Corbin was allowed pulled her to the ground and to retire without completion landed on her back while of that investigation and the holding her wrist. He called chief has been sitting on it for help when the suspect since. The investigation of continued to struggle and use the wreck is a public matter, obscenities. She wasn’t found no matter how badly the chief in possession of stolen wants to deem it a personnel articles, but articles she’d matter and thus an official left in a dressing room were secret. found without tags. She was If you've time, I'd recommend charged with possession of the comments thread on the crime tools — wire cutters KATV report of the Park Plaza and a pry bar. shooting. It captures the PS — Read no editorial dominant themes of virtually comment into this brief every episode of its type: 1) recitation of a volumninous absolute support for police; record. Life on patrol 2) skepticism about police produces may confrontations self-investigation; 3) racism. with stubbornly aggressive I'm still undecided. But I (and often drunk) people. If think a lot of people have I formed an opinion it is been influenced in their that the lack of complaints thinking about this case by against Johannes is use of words like "force" and significant as is the absence "abduction" relative to the of a record of previous words spoken between the men firearm use. in the car and the Cabot 17-
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