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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Anniston City Council Member Ben Little says the city has dropped charges against him, but he is not through with them in court. Little says the city has chosen not to prosecute the case on which he was arrested in December. That is when the city accused him of ignoring warnings on several pieces of property owned by the church he pastors. The houses, one block away from the Little's Full Refuge Gospel Methodist Church, were donated by a church member. "I think it was another sheer form of intimidation, bullying, malicious malice, persecution with attempt to prosecute, and that's fallen flat on their faces," Little stated. City officials have not commented, but one source says it is not unusual for the city to drop charges in such a case, if there have been improvements on the property. Little says improvements have been made, but Little says he and his church members have always been working to improve the structures and that the city knows that. Little claims someone at city hall is "calling the shots" in this case, and alleges it is retaliation for the times he has spoken out against the police department. He held once such news conference just days after Officer Justin Sollohub, an Anniston patrol officer fatally shot in the line of duty, was laid to rest in August of last year. Little earlier stated that he and his church have filed legal claims against the city. He says he now plans to add another $300,000 in the amount of damages he's seeking, pushing the total to around $2 million.
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