Judge, clerks refuse ‘client’ restricted license, offer costly path for regular one
Jennifer Collins, a clerk at city court, talks Sept. 27 with Keelah Jackson about the Chattanooga woman’s civil death sentence — a pretended ban on using a car unless she has a driver license, one she cannot afford to renew, with F$800 in fines. (Photo David Tulis) Journalist and justice advocate Keelah Jackson met with […]
Legal adviser, court activist Myrland tells how to create a police oversight board
Dave Myrland is a leading critic of the legal system and a defender of justice in tax cases and other sorts of state abuse of the people. He is an author, runs WeVgov.com and hosts the YouTube channel, Take From Caesar. In this two-part interview, he tells how citizens can create an authoritative police or […]
Tires, engine, steering wheel do not motor vehicle make
I stand before a family car, a RAV4, and wonder if its engine and its tires and body make it a “motor vehicle” subject to police powers. Or does the use of the car create liability for obedience to police intervention under Title 55? (Photo David Tulis) Are you traveling down the highway in a […]
Sun shines over Red Bank; city attorney refuses to admit TAN
Because Red Bank refuses to acknowledge receipt of transportation administrative notice, I file an affidavit of service. (Photo David Tulis) City of Red Bank is one that refuses to recommend itself to the larger world, and deserves what up through today is a rotten reputation as a municipality, a shaggy place full of empty storefronts […]
Title 55 charge puts young woman to tears
A THP officer gets back into his car after making a scene outside the Hixson Panera bread store, charging a young woman with “texting while driving,” enforcing a transportation statute against a young woman who legally admits she is involved in transportation (though as matter of fact, she’s not). (Photo David Tulis) The arrest of […]
Lassitude grips city council as members do busywork, ignore Berke violence
Sharee Robinson-James, left, talks with police official Danna Vaughn about private criminal activity outside a city nightclub while, background, city council member Erskine Oglesby, left, chats with a staffer for Mayor Andy Berke. (Photo David Tulis) A great lassitude seems to afflict the residents of Chattanooga and keeps them from being angry about the abuse […]
Able to go no further, fleeing woman in car slain after hitting cop
Officers slay American after chasing her along highway, into deadend in a Soddy-Daisy residential area surrounded by woods. Did the officer think that the Title 55 transportation stop and its fruits were to be worth the snuffing of a human life, and the serious injuries his bullet gave to the man in the next seat […]
‘Double nickel’ traffic-stop reform = change of morals for city
Churches such as North Shore Fellowship downtown teach that the Christian gospel’s goal is the transformation of individuals and cities to be more loving — and more just. (Photo David Tulis) A city that adopts a policy of obeying Tennessee law regarding transportation and police traffic stops will effectively be altering its morals. Chattanooga is […]
Ledford pushes back against open city idea that would result from Title 55 obedience
Darrin Ledford, member of Chattanooga city council, says he wants police to treat people with respect. (Photo David Tulis) City council member Darrin Ledford pushes back against the implications of transportation administrative notice, worried that if people have liberty to travel freely, careless travelers will get away with “drunken driving” and other evils without the […]
Cop-abused business law sparks Red Bank execution of woman
The Red Bank police department uses cruisers like this to chase down private users of the road under the state’s commercial transportation law. (Photo David Tulis) A police chase and slaying of Donna Lynn Allen, 39, in Soddy-Daisy Tuesday highlights the dangers of police departments using business laws to harass non-business users of the public […]