Hot Dog Vendor Describes Incident that Led to Former Officer's Death

[Judi Lynn]

Hot Dog Vendor Describes Incident that Led to Former Officer's Death
Josh Berry
 04/18/2014 07:00 PM

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Little Rock Police Department (LRPD) says Todd Payne died after he was tackled in the middle of the street after trying to set a hot dog cart on fire.

The owner of the hot dog cart, Ean Bordeaux happens to be a local blog writer that's written articles on alleged corruption and included Payne, a former officer who had been fired for policy violation according to LRPD.

The two men knew each other and their feud ended Friday (4/18) morning.

Bordeaux says he didn't mean to kill the man that he says tried to destroy his livelihood and possibly his home too.

"I looked outside and my hot dog cart's on fire," Bordeaux showed the damage in front of his Little Rock home on Bragg Street. "This could have blown up the house."

More:
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/hot-dog-vendor-describes-incident-that-led-to-form/57480/jocSrFDgHUq-Nm5NqpxM9w

[1000words]

1. I believe him

Sadly, I cannot be sure the U.S. criminal justice system won't fuck him over in some manner.

[Warpy]

2. Hard to know how this one will go

Bordeaux didn't plan for the force to be lethal, so this looks more like an accident, one of the lower grades of manslaughter at most. It's also unclear whether a jury would convict him, considering the provocation.