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The curious career trajectory of a Little Rock judge

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The curious career trajectory of a Little…

Radley Balko
Oct 27, 2022
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The curious career trajectory of a Little Rock judge

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Back in 2018, a civil rights attorney sent me Ring camera footage of a drug raid in Little Rock. The raid was on the apartment of Roderick Talley. It was unlike any drug raid video I’d seen, in that the police used explosive to blow the door off its hinges. The door flew several feet across the room and landed on the couch where Talley was sleeping. The footage then shows the officers watching the video back and celebrating while Talley is restrained to a chair. Talley was arrested, but prosecutors would later drop the charges due to insufficient evidence.

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