Jonesboro, Ark., police chief resigns after being suspended for Facebook harassment of reporter

[Newsjock]

Source: KAIT-TV

Jonesboro Police Chief Mike Yates has resigned.

A resignation letter was submitted to Mayor Harold Perrin on Monday.

The former chief of police was serving a 30-day suspension without pay which started last Friday, Aug. 22. The suspension was due to Facebook comments made about a Jonesboro newspaper reporter.

Read more: http://www.kait8.com/story/26362798/jonesboro-police-chief-resigns

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Last Monday:
http://jimromenesko.com/2014/08/20/jonesboro-sun-reporter-resigns-over-vicious-facebook-attacks-by-police-chief/

Jonesboro (AR) Sun police reporter Sunshine Crump resigned Monday after being repeatedly attacked on Facebook by Jonesboro Police Chief Mike Yates. She told her paper that “I do not feel safe here, and I will not continue to be put in a position of self-defense. I am an innocent person and an American citizen.”

Here are some of the comments Yates posted about the reporter:

* “Pro-dope smoking, law license revoked, left wing liberal, smelly, arrested by police, unscrupulous reporter.”
* “This is the kind of journalism we have now … ask ole Sunshine (reporter) why her law license got suspended next time you see her.”
* “Reminds me of a song … ‘ain’t no Sunshine when she’s gone’ etc.”
* “Dealing with ole Sunshine is like trying to pick up a dog turd by the ‘clean end.’”

[KamaAina]

1. "Jonesboro" and "police" in the same sentence is rarely, if ever, a winning combination

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/chavis-carter-shot-jonesboro-police_n_1730997.html

A 21-year-old man was shot in the head and killed while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car Saturday night. Now police have launched an investigation to determine what happened.

Chavis Carter was a passenger in a pickup truck that was stopped by police in Jonesboro, Ark., Saturday night, according to KAIT, an ABC-affiliated television station. An officer reportedly found some marijuana, and ran Carter's information. He was wanted on a warrant out of Mississippi, so officers placed him in a patrol car....

Just minutes later, police said they heard a thumping noise, turned around and found Carter shot in the head.

Waterworth said he thinks Carter pulled out a hidden gun and shot himself. “Any given officer has missed something on a search, you know, be it drugs, be it knives, be it razor blades," he said. "This instance, it happened to be a gun."

If you believe that, I've got a bridge I'd like to show you.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Did they find the gun?

Or did he make it disappear after shooting himself in the front while handcuffed behind?

[KamaAina]

3. I think the real killer of Nicole Brown Simpson has it

[Art_from_Ark]

4. That sounds almost identical to a recent incident in Louisiana

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025442714