Charges against an innocent man dismissed, to be expunged
Hanson Melvin is in a cheerful mood outside the Hamilton County courts building in Chattanooga after having his case dismissed. (Photo David Tulis) A black pedestrian was cleared today of criminal charges that he caused a public disturbance when he stood his ground against police demands he produce a driver license and tell his social […]
Man refuses to bow; judge, prosecutor toss busted case
Hanson Melvin is in a cheerful mood outside the Hamilton County courts building in Chattanooga after having his case dismissed. (Photo David Tulis) A black pedestrian was cleared today of criminal charges that he caused a public disturbance when he stood his ground against police demands he produce a driver license and tell his social […]
Witness says Melvin did not raise voice during arrest
Donna Robertson is a defense witness in the state’s case against “walking while black” defendant Hanson Melvin. (Photo David Tulis) The case against Melvin Hanson pits a report by a Chattanooga cop, David Campbell, against the word of defendant Hanson Melvin and a group of witnesses such as Donna Robertson. Mrs. Robertson lives across the […]
Pinkston wins indictment in case in which cop perjures self
As people come and go, Hanson Melvin sits in the waiting room of district attorney Neal Pinkston’s office Wednesday, reading the indictment Mr. Pinkston won against him on a phony police report. (Photo David Tulis) Misled by bold fibbery in a police report, the Hamilton County grand jury has indicted Hanson Melvin, a father of […]
Meet Hanson Melvin, victim of police abuse, pending court case
Hanson Melvin talks with David Tulis and Mike Steel about his arrest and indictment premised on a false report by city police officer David Campbell, against whom an internal affairs complaint has been filed. The interview at AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio tells of his coming hearing Friday before criminal court judge Don Poole. […]
If you abolish police, you save lives, restore order under tried, true authority
Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher is an unelected enforcer of state statute, his standing army not responsive to the interests of constitutional liberty. (Photo police department Twitter, Wrcbtv.com). There’s a good reason why the founding fathers wanted sheriffs to protect the innocent and keep public order. The sheriff has to be elected by the people […]
City noses way up surveillance road, with Chicago’s secret lists lighting way
Officials monitor cameras at a Kentucky criminal intelligence center, or fusion center, run by Kentucky state government. (Photo Kentucky Office of Homeland Security) Chattanooga city government’s executive branch is doing what the national executive branch does — impose top-down mass surveillance upon residents, with the poor receiving the largest dosage of this progressive benefit. In […]
Billy’s bad day; best way teen can deal with bully officials, cops
Commercial government most frequently attaches itself to the working and traveling citizenry on the public right of way, prompting encounters that remind us of our servitude to the enterprise state. This truck is on private property — a store parking lot. (Photo David Tulis) The best way to tell boys about how men defend constitutional […]
City, unable to demilitarize, gives cops more body armor
The Chattanooga police department runs a Lenco Bearcat armored car and troop carrier such as this one. (Photos Lenco) Chattanooga is buying more personal armor protection for officers such as this one, engaging in urban warfare from the top hatch of a Bearcat war wagon such as that owned by city government. An advertising video […]
Constitution envisions militia, not militarized police
A police car, part of a paramilitary organization serving the executive branch of city government, runs its lights in Chattanooga. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) Constitutional attorney Edwin Vieira says it is mistaken to argue that police departments be disarmed, as free market commentators such as Dr. Gary North have suggested. Constitutional government has the solution to police […]