06/04/2026
The court did exactly what courts are supposed to do: protect the rights of the accused and hold our law enforcement accountable for following the same laws they are sworn to uphold. Arkansans must have full confidence that when public officials make decisions affecting our freedoms, those decisions are made with competence and integrity. When a community loses faith in the officials they entrust to make those decisions, justice loses all meaning and families suffer.
The court said a sheriff's deputy's failure to preserve video evidence of the shooting was a bad faith violation of Spencer's due process rights
