LRPD officer Eddie Seaton arrested for possession of child pornography

LPRD officer Eddie Scott Seaton's mugshot

Earlier this afternoon, we were the first media outlet to brake the news of LRPD officer Eddie Scott Seaton's arrest for possession of child pornography.

We blasted the news out even before LRPD could release a statement.

Seaton is one of several LRPD officer arrested, suspended or in the news recently.

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2020/01/lrpd-detective-john-brawley-arrested.html

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2020/01/lrpd-lt-michael-ford-charged-with.html 

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2019/12/johnathan-walker-lrpd-officer-suspended.html

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2019/12/another-lrpd-officer-arrested-for.html

Seaton was featured in a post back on October 23, 2017. You can view it by clicking here. 

Seaton has had his share of suspensions too.

Seaton is one of the many mercenary LRPD cops that refuses to live in Little Rock.

Around 80% of all white LRPD cops refuse to live in the city of Little Rock. 

70% of all LRPD cops live somewhere other than in Little Rock. 

The Little Rock Police Department is worse off now that it was under Kenton Tremar Buckner.

One of the few things that we can say about Buckner is that he was never held in contempt of court like his replacement has been.

And he didn't lie like the current chief does.

#TimeForChange

Mayor and Chief of Police violate Arkansas Freedom of Information Act - Judge orders records to be tuned over in 24 hours; they now face contempt citation for failing to provide all records

The Mayor and Police Chief are headed for another Contempt of Court hearing

The first hearing in a series of four lawsuits (click here to view the complaint) we filed against the Mayor and Police Chief was held this past Tuesday.

Before any testimony was given and any evidence was introduced, Judge Herbert Wright ordered the city to provide us with the public records they denied us last summer by 5 p.m. the following day.

 

Judge Herbert Wright

They provided some records, but not all and now face contempt charges. Click here to view our motion for contempt.

In June 2019.  we requested the non-exempt portion of personnel files for all LRPD uniformed and plain clothed, non-undercover officers. The city of Little Rock only provided 79 files. At the time they had 529 non-undercover officers.

In an article that appeared in the local on-line newspaper, the city attorney Tom Carpenter was quoted as saying he "did not know why records were not provided" to us back in June 2019. That is an out and out lie. We can prove it.

Take a listen and hear City Attorney Carpenter clearly tell our publisher why and who is the culprit for the violation of the law.

Yep, you heard him, it was none other that Human Resource Director Stacey Witherell.

Stacey Witherell - City of Little Rock HR Director

Arkansas law provides removal for AFOIA scofflaw like Mayor Scott when a finding of "nonfeasance in office" has been adjudicated for a willful and knowing violation of the AFOIA.

The Arkansas Attorney General has explained this in one of her Opinions.

 Stay tuned for updates.

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Links to the other three AFOIA denial of rights lawsuits:
 
AFOIA Complaint #2

AFOIA Complaint #3

AFOIA Complaint #4