Arkansas newspaper reporter quits after repeated harassment from police chief
Source: Arkansas Times
The Jonesboro Sun reports that Sunshine Crump resigned as the newspaper's police reporter after a "tense" relationship with Police Chief Mike Yates.
The newspaper reported that Yates had made multiple comments on his Facebook page that were derogatory about Crump. The paper cited these comments:
* “Wonder if ole Sunshine (reporter) could pass a drug test,” Yates wrote on one post. “Why yes, she has been arrested before.”
* “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.’”
Other police officers and others commented in support of the chief, the Sun article said.
“The level of stress and anxiety created by a public official who commands a small army, and who targets someone in such a manner for First Amendment protected activities is hard to measure,” Crump wrote in a resignation letter to Sun editors.
Read more: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/08/20/jonesboro-sun-reporter-quits-over-tension-with-city-police-chief-his-facebook-comments-a-factor
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