Legal Opinion
Renee Williams v. Dean Mannis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 10, 2018No. 17-2017PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
In 2014, Seneca Thornton was employed as a patrol officer by the Stuttgart (Arkansas) Police Department. On August 19, 2014, he was summoned into the Arkansas County (Arkansas) prosecutor's office and informed that "audio and video evidence" suggested that Thornton had purchased Xanax illegally from a confidential informant. In spite of this evidence, the prosecutor told him that because the police chief "had a lot on his plate," the prosecution was willing to forego any charges if Thornton *929 would "just resign and turn in his badge ... and he would be free to go work…
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