Accounts from two Arkansans in Washington Jan. 6, believed to be State Police troopers

Max Brantley ON January 14, 2021 11:23 am

Having tried unsuccessfully this week to get the State Police to talk more about two state troopers who attended the Trump rally in Washington on Jan. 6 and having been unable to get the two troopers who apparently made the trip to comment, it’s time to share social media posting they apparently made.

The State Police hasn’t released the identities of the two troopers. But sleuthing by Rogers lawyer Tom Mars, a former director of the State Police, and tips from others produced multiple sources who say the troopers who took leave to go to Washington last week were Corporal Karen Clark, assigned to the Highway Patrol Division Administration Office at Little Rock, and Trooper First Class Alan Aiken, assigned to the Highway Patrol Division, Troop L at Lowell.

Through an FOI request, I have State Police records showing both took leave Jan. 6. And people in Arkansas by those names have social media footprints that indicate they were in Washington on Jan. 6.

Facebook member Karen Clark has posted both a text description of events on Jan. 6 and a video account in which she says she likely entered with many others, if inadvertently, a restricted area outside the Capitol, but did not go inside the building or participate in unlawful activities. Metal barricades surrounding the building yielded first and then a violent mob stormed the building itself. Clark indicates she took video of events before her cellphone died and she returned to her hotel, after a food truck stop.

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https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/01/14/accounts-from-two-arkansans-in-washington-jan-6-believed-to-be-state-police-troopers