Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin Declines Ethics Commission Pick over Racial Bias Concerns

Citing racial discrimination, AG declines to appoint a minority to Arkansas Ethics Commission

We’re left with some unanswered questions about AG Tim Griffin’s grand stand against racial discrimination.

Griffin refuses to appoint new minority member to Ethics Commission, calls statute unconstitutional | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is balking about appointing a new member to the Arkansas Ethics Commission on the grounds that he believes the state law that requires him to ensure that at least one member of a minority race serves on the Ethics Commission is unconstitutional, Griffin said late Tuesday afternoon.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin declines Ethics Commission pick over racial bias concerns

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said he will not appoint a member to the state Ethics Commission. Griffin said in a Tuesday statement that he was refusing to make an appointment due to it requiring “racial discrimination.” Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announces organized retail crime bust & human trafficking investigation “I have sent a letter to Arkansas Ethics Commission Director Graham Sloan notifying …