Re: OT: How they treat people in Arkansas

On Jun 30, 10:50 am, prematuregray_58 <prematuregray...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Basically a cop shot a mentally disabled man in cold blood and got 90
days and a $1000 fine:


Sad story, but I think you need to look up the definition of "cold
blood".

Ken



Former Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman pleaded guilty Thursday to
negligent homicide, a Class A misdemeanor, in the March 7, 2006,
shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley, a mentally disabled man from
Springdale.

Norman, who was granted a medical retirement from the state police
last year, faces up to a year in the county jail, a fine of up to
$1,000 or both. Judge Tom Keith will hear evidence at a June 28
sentencing hearing in Benton County Circuit Court.

Officers responding to a call last March on U.S. 412 near the Benton-
Washington county line mistook Hamlet, 21, for Adam Leadford, a
Michigan fugitive who had been described as armed and dangerous.

Norman fired his shotgun once from about 25 yards after Hamley moved
his hands toward his pockets, according to reports. Hamley, who was
mentally disabled and had cerebral palsy, was not armed.


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