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Little Rock police outline response to Dec. 6 demonstration; chief disputes social-media claims
Summary
Chief Hilton gave a timeline of the Dec. 6 demonstration near the State Capitol and Central High, saying detectives monitored the group, patrols intervened to separate confrontations, officers stopped and cited a pickup driver, and 22 people were removed from a U-Haul with 21 identified; the chief said social-media assertions that officers escorted or marched with the group were "100% utterly false."
Little Rock Police Chief Hilton told the Board of Directors on Dec. 9 that detectives monitored a reported extremist group on Dec. 6 and coordinated with state and capitol police, then responded when the group later appeared at the State Capitol and marched through neighborhoods near Central High School.
Chief Hilton said detectives first received limited information about the group's planned presence at the Capitol in the morning and that officers and state counterparts monitored the location. He reported that at about 1:30 p.m. the group arrived near the Little Rock 9 statue and later marched on sidewalks to…
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