In the pre-dawn hours of May 14, 1980, a sense of routine duty filled the air for Little Rock Police Detective Noel Don McGuire. At 23 years old, the male officer had already dedicated five years to the force, a tenure that belied his youth. That morning, while working a vice detail, he initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of Roosevelt and Arch Streets after a yellow Jeep ran a red light. The stop, seemingly ordinary, would prove to be tragically fatal. Unbeknownst to McGuire, the two in
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