Doctrine of lesser magistrate gives impetus to sheriffs, clerks, mayors to end slayings
Streetside demonstrators declare that the unborn deserve legal protection, and that their murder should be absolutely abolished. (Photo Flickr Missionaries to the Preborn) The following analysis explores the biblical requirement for men and women in civil authority to resist lawlessness and crime among their superiors in government. They do so by interposing themselves and their […]
Gardenhire seeks to restrain TN’s highway robbery program
Civil asset forfeiture lets Tennessee run official highwayman program, but Sen. Todd Gardenhire seeks revisions. In 2016 the state had 7,616 forfeiture cases, stole F$17 million in cash and confiscated more than 10 cars and trucks a day. The total for 2009 to 2014 was F$85.9 million and F$26 million more from the U.S. justice department. […]
No violent outbursts by Bell in cooked-up arrest, witness says
Tarah Melvin, mother of three, sought to help Antonio Bell when she was he was beleaguered by police outside the Hixson Wal-Mart market. (Photo David Tulis) The arrest of Antonio Bell on Feb. 11 in Chattanooga is tinged with false report by police, abuse of authority, and appears to be a combination to put a […]
State bullies man into jail after police encounter over judge at store
Antonio Bell, center, appears to be one of those “Just Busted” faces whose story really is one of innocence of the crimes charged. (Photo David Tulis) Antonio Bell says he is in jail until Sunday under a plea agreement that has him admitting to two misdemeanor counts of retaliation against a judge or officer in […]
Jail day for Gaddys as TN couple rejects demand for search of house
Thomas and Carol Gaddy of Dunlap, Tenn., are told to report Sequatchie County chancery judge Thomas Graham today at 1 or face arrest under a bench warrant for civil contempt for refusing his order to allow a warrantless search of their house under the guise of an “inspection” sought by mayor Dwain Land and city attorney […]
Chief fires cop for arresting Melvin ‘walking while black’
Hanson Melvin is in the county courthouse to visit Neal Pinkston, the district attorney, to complain that perjury and false arrest mark the police prosecution against him on a disorderly conduct charge. The charges were dismissed and the entire case expunged. (Photo David Tulis) David Campbell, city police officer Chattanooga police officer David Campbell has […]
Traffic controls rip poor, violate travelers’ rights, Hirsch says
Top photo, Jay Hirsch, the “fiddle man of Lawrenceburg” plays an uplifting tune at a funeral in Westpoint, Tenn. Bottom photo, a Tennessee Highway Patrol cruiser waits in a speed trap in Knoxville on a foggy morning. (Photos David Tulis, Gump at LCPDFR) An appeal from a criminal case out of Lawrence County, Tenn., challenges […]
Lawsuit vs. Gaddys costs Dunlap taxpayers $20,000
This dwelling is suspected by city officials as being a dangerous nuisance. (Photo Carol Gaddy) Attorney Stephen Greer has filled two large folders of work in the case file in his litigation against Thomas and Carol Gaddy. (Photo David Tulis) DUNLAP, Tenn. Taxpayers of a small town hounding two of its senior citizens in court […]
Gate, ‘private property’ sign thwart city ‘inspection’ of house
Attorney Stephen Greer of Dunlap, Tenn., stalks past the Thomas and Carol Gaddy gate, thwarting a planned “inspection“ of the house. Contract inspector Earl Geary is at right. (Photo David Tulis) This document says the city is illegally and unconstitutionally seeking to institute a search without a warrant. (Photo David Tulis) Stephen Greer, attorney, is […]
Gaddys face jail in Dunlap rather than yield constitutionally protected rights
Carol Gaddy, holds an MIA flag given her by June Griffin of Dayton, Tenn., on her release from jail for contempt of court in Sequatchie County, Tenn. Next to Mrs. Griffin is Ruth Ann Wilson of Dayton. Partly visible is Jennifer Edmonds, a homeschooling mom of six, also from Dayton. (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy […]