# Another Arkansas Bad Cop story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 8, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071 "2012-09-08T03:26:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/1 "2012-09-08T03:26:33Z")

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This one seems at first glance to be on the up and up.  
The policeman has been arrested.  
[Link.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/09/07/little-rock-cop-josh-hastings-charged-with-manslaughter-in-suspects-shooting)

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/2 "2012-09-08T03:33:13Z")

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I completely reject your argument, but a point by point rebuttal will have to wait.

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/3 "2012-09-08T05:04:58Z")

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From the info in the link, it sounds like this officer should have been fired long ago. It sounds like the only reason he wasn’t is because his father is a police Lt.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/4 "2012-09-08T05:34:01Z")

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Reported for forum change.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/5 "2012-09-08T05:50:49Z")

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Yeah. This isn’t a debate. It might be a Recreational Outrage Pit thread, a “passing scene” MPSIMS thread, or a poll of SDMB views in IMHO.

For now, I am going to move it to IMHO and we’ll see what happens.

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/6 "2012-09-08T06:49:58Z")

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Posted by mistake.

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-arkansas-bad-cop-story/634071/7 "2012-09-08T23:04:28Z")

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Looks to me like a case of this:

[South Park] Look out, he’s coming right at us!! [/South Park]

_That_ should go over well…