LRFD twits play chicken and destroy two fire trucks that will cost $1,400,000.00 to replace

LRFD employees Phillip Prater and Casey Reep were the demolition derby drivers

 

Russ Racop - May 25, 2021

 

On Thursday, May 20th, two Little Rock Fire Department apparatus (the work LRFD prefers to use for a fire truck) slammed into each other at the intersection of University and 28th Street.

Six firefighters were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. 

A LRFD spokesman said the engines were responding to the same call on Broadmoor Drive that came in at 4:24 p.m., but he would not give any other information about the call.

According to a witness, one firefighter was trapped inside of one of the trucks for a few minutes. That firefighter was not identified.

Details of the accident are laid out in the accident report. 

The city refused to provide the names of the two LRFD firemen driving the trucks, saying they were subjects of an investigation.

 

We did not let that slow us down. We went to straight to LRPD and obtained a copy of the accident report via an in-person Freedom of Information request and took photos of the report pursuant to Motal vs. City of Little Rock, 2020 Ark. App. 308.

The driver of the truck that struck the other was Phillip Prater.

 

LRFD firefighter Phillip Prater - Driver of truck 2 that ran into the other truck

Prater has a history of some disciplinary actions at LRFD. More on that in another post.

The driver of the other LRFD truck was Casey Reep. More about Reep in that upcoming post.

LRFD firefighter Casey Reep - Driver of truck 1

The accident report indicate that Prater appears to have gone through a red light and hit the truck Reep was driving.

A LRFD employee told use that it would cost from $600,000 to $700,000 to replace each truck.

At a recent city Board of Directors meeting LRFD Chief Delphone Hubbard told board members that his department needed to replace around six fire trucks.

It looks that the number of trucks needing replacement has gone up to eight.

 

 

LRPD cop Rashud Willams runs over man

Russ Racop - May 23, 2021

 

LRPD cop Rashud Williams hit an elderly black man while heading West on 12th Street just blocks from the LRPD 12th Street Substation. 

Witnesses report he was traveling faster than the speed limit without emergency lights or siren when he stuck the yet to be identified man. They also report he just stood by with a glazed look on his face.

LRFD responded to render aid to the victim but onlookers became concerned when it took longer than normal for a MEMS ambulance to arrive. 

A yet to be identified LRFD fireman told the onlookers that MEMS wouldn't respond with them at the scene.

Stay tuned as we have requested the videos.

 

***UPDATE***

 

 

Did Dennis Rainey, follower of Jesus Christ and co-founder of FamilyLife, pay his disciples to cut down 100 trees from government owned land to improve his view of Lake Maumelle?

If trees are in your way - pay not pray to get them out of the way

 

Russ Racop - May 22, 2021

 

According to a report filed with the Pulaski County Sheriff's office on May 14th, Dennis Rainey hired six men to clear trees on property he did not own. The trees were on land owned by Central Arkansas Water.

 Rainey's home is located at 20325 Spillway Road.

 

The land were the trees were cut sits between his property and the Lake Maumelle, a water reservoir for the City of Little Rock.

 KARK has this video posted on YouTube about the criminal act.

 

Raven Lawson - Central Arkansas Water

 

Raven Lawson, Watershed Protection Manager with Central Arkansas Water, stated that “We don’t take things like this lightly. The tops of the trees look like something out of the Lorax,” said Raven Lawson with Central Arkansas Water.

 

The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, who "speaks for the trees" and confronts the Once-ler, who causes environmental destruction. 

Lawson says she has received around 50 emails and dozens of phone calls from hikers upset about damage.

She says after further evaluation, they believe 100 trees were either cut down illegally or had the tops of them shaved off because the homeowner wanted to view Lake Maumelle which was blocked by the trees.

“The view to the lake could definitely be increased– the view to Pinnacle mountain could be increased… there’s definitely a lot of nature that could produce million dollar views out here,” said Lawson.

They believe most of the trees will die, and the ones that did not will take years to grow back.

Apparently Rainey is an author and has been involved in some religious organizations. One thing for certain is that he is not an environmentalist. 

The self-entitled prick Dennis Rainey is like the Once-ler in the Dr. Seuss book and the Pharisee in this verse:

Luke 18:9-14

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ...

We hope they throw the book at him.

Little Rock mayor's brother saved from prison by mental defect

Darrell Lamont Scott - Not guilty due to mental defect

 

Russ Racop - May 11, 2021

 

In July 2020, we reported about the arrest of Darrell Scott, the brother of the Little Rock mayor, for auto theft and kidnapping.

You can read that post by clicking here. 

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Cathleen Compton found Scott not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on Monday, May 10th and committed him to the Arkansas State Hospital.

 

 

Court records show that the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney wanted Scott to be registered as a sex offender.

Watching the city board meeting tonight and the last month, makes one wonder if
the mayor suffers from a mental defect as well.