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14. 2-6 p.m. Thu., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 479-273-5305. CONWAY UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS, Baum Gallery: “BA/BFA Juried Senior Exhibition,” through Dec. 8. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Wed., Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thu. 501-450-5793. FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE UNDERGROUND, One E. Center St.: “Progressive Hemofiction,” paintings by Luciano Trigos; “Gravity,” photographs by Dana Idlet; “Tea Time,” ceramics by Gailen Hudson; drawings and ceramics by Chad Sims, through November. Noon-7 p.m. Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. WALTON ARTS CENTER: “Then and Now,” 20 years of basket-making by Leon Niehues, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, through Dec. 18. 479-443-5600. HOT SPRINGS ALISON PARSONS GALLERY, 802 Central Ave.: Paintings by Alison Parsons. 501-625-3001. AMERICAN ART GALLERY, 724 Central Ave.: Paintings by Jimmy Leach, Jamie Carter, Ersele Hiemstra, Margaret Kipp, Kim Thornton, Sue Coon, Virgil Barksdale and others. 501-624-055. BLUE MOON GALLERY, 718 Central Ave.: “Vision Re-visited: Ten Years After,” photographs by David Rackley, through November. 501-318-2787. GALLERY 726, 726 Central Ave.: Shirley Anderson, Barbara Seibel, Caryl Joy Young, Sue Shields, Becky Barnett, Janet Donnangelo, Marlene Gremillion, Ken Vonk and others. 501915-8912. GALLERY CENTRAL, 800 Central Ave.: Michael Ethridge, paintings. 501-318-4278. JUSTUS FINE ART, 827 A Central Ave.: “Near and Far,” photography by Don House and Cindy Momchilov; also work by Steve Griffith, Donnie Copeland, Rene Hein, Robyn Horn and Dolores Justus. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 501-321-2335.
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ARKANSAS INLAND MARITIME MUSEUM, NLR: Tours of the USS Razorback submarine. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. Sun. 371-8320. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUM VISITOR CENTER, Bates and Park: Exhibits on the 1957 desegregation of Central and the civil rights movement. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. 374-1957. CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, 1200 President Clinton Ave.: “The Art of the Brick,” LEGO sculpture by Nathan Sawaya, through Feb. 12; “In Memoriam,” helmet of FDNY firefighter who died in the World Trade Center, through Nov. 30; exhibits about policies and White House life during the Clinton administration. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $7 adults; $5 college students, seniors, retired military; $3 ages 6-17. 370-8000. HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM, 200 E. Third St.: “Tesseract Dancing: Brett Anderson and Emily Galusha,” through Feb. 5; “Imagined/Observed: Dan Thornhill and Jon Shannon Rogers,” through Dec. 4; “Playing at War: Children’s Civil War Era Toys,” from the collection of Greg McMahon, through Jan. 10; “Reel to Real: ‘Gone with the Wind’ and the Civil War in Arkansas,” artifacts from the Shaw-Tumblin collection, including costumes and screen tests, along with artifacts from the HAM collection, including slave narratives, uniforms and more, through April 30, 2012. MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER, Ninth and Broadway: “Soul Sanctuary — Images of the African American Worship Experience,” artifacts and photos from the museum collection; permanent exhibits on African-American entrepreneurial history in Arkansas. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. 683–3593.
FIGHTING AT FERNEAU, CONT. or when the officer believes lower forms of control will fail.” The policy goes on to say that while it’s difficult to set “absolutes” as to when to use physical force, factors involved in determining when force is appropriate may include the violence of the crime committed, the size of the suspect and a suspect’s access to weapons. The policy specifically states that it applies to both on- and off-duty officers. Little Rock Fraternal Order of Police president Kevin Simpson issued a statement about the video on Nov. 10, calling the footage “only a brief fraction of the entire event that happened,” and warning against jumping to conclusions until an investigation is completed. “It seems that it has become a common practice by some of the mainstream media to portray police officers as unprofessional, violent, unethical and power-crazed individuals,” Simpson wrote. “On the contrary, our job is extremely difficult under the best circumstances and even more so when
the entire events are not told.” Simpson goes on to say: “We live in very difficult times and [officers] have to make decisions to keep the peace and sometimes they are difficult to watch.” Hall believes the video will be key to his client’s defense. “It’s priceless,” he said. “Otherwise, you have somebody who ... is left defenseless against the testimony of a policeman.” Hall said he has reported the incident to the FBI, on the grounds that the beating constitutes a breach of his client’s federal civil rights under color of law. He’s seeking witnesses to the event, and has so far found two others who were there that night. “As far as criminal defense cases go, on a scale of one to 10, this is a 12,” Hall said. “There’s a role reversal going on here. Usually in a criminal case, the defense is casting around in the facts looking for one place to hang their hat, because they’re encountering overwhelmingly unfavorable facts. In this case, we’ve got the favorable facts, and they’re casting about.”