Prosecution of nonviolent Gray girl, 14, cover for 2 wrongs by cop
A repo man checks the VIN of a car he is about to seize in a noisy confrontation with the daughter of the debtor, who is dragged from the car by a city police officer in the sort of “breach of the peace” forbidden under Tennessee’s collateral repossession statute. (Photo police YouTube video) Dear Neal […]
City OKs woman’s Airbnb despite plea to avoid neighborhood change
The owner of this modest house in Chattanooga, right, wins city council OK for a short-term vacation rental after a neighbor, also a landlord, objected. (Photo Google Maps) Neighborhood conflict flashes Tuesday night at city council as a petitioner seeks approval for an Airbnb while a young entrepreneurial neighbor objects to what he warns is […]
City’s poor get relief, cops avoid liability suits — fruits of administrative notice
East Ridge, Tenn., having been notified about limits of the state transportation law, should act to protect its officers from litigation if they over-enforce Tenn. Code Ann. Title 55, which grants police powers only over commercial users of the roads. (Photo East Ridge city government) Tennessee has a reasonable and just transportation law. But East […]
Peterson swims upstream, rejects city ban on Airbnb prosperity
Brian Peterson of Chattanooga and his wife, Laura, intend to prosper by having private guests stay on their property through the self-regulating system of Airbnb, a prosperity platform for guests and hosts alike. (Photo Brian Peterson) This house at 201 Thornton Ave. in Chattanooga is available to visitors from around the world, bringing private earnings […]
Traffic court misuses statute, bullies poor people, upholds fiction about ‘transportation’
Christina Wright, a fast-food shift manager, is unable to get a license because the test keeps changing. She travels the roads freely, but faces arrest under an abusively used statute directed solely at licensees. (Photo David Tulis) Traffic court is a venue for maintaining among the commonest people the idea that no liberty of travel […]
Small towns, big cities should mind limits of Title 55: Only transportation subject to cop controls
Police in cities great and small in Tennessee have authority to enforce the transportation law at Tenn. Code Ann. Title 55 upon transportation — namely, trucking and shipping. Small towns such as East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy should be careful about limits of law on their police activities. (Photo Courtesy NoogaRadio) TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE AS […]
Paying penny a day, people yield rights, avoid the accuser
Coal and nuclear utility TVA runs a police army that enforces traffic laws against private users of the roads, and claims jurisdiction to enforce transportation statutes anywhere in the state at any time. (Photo TVA) My correspondent Levi is a working man in middle Tennessee. A self-made legal scholar, Levi often sends me trenchant analyses […]
Will Hammond obey law, or follow black robes? Key question in race
Sheriff Jim Hammond talks to the Hamilton County school board about armed attacks against students and teachers. Sheriff Hammond has been notified that transportation stops against private travelers are outside the scope of Tennessee transportation statutes, and constitute an oppression. (Photo Hamilton County sheriff’s office) The main question in the race between Sheriff Jim Hammond […]
Oppressed ‘Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg’ pleads with sheriff to obey law
Jimmy Brown, center, is the second Tennessee sheriff to receive an administrative notice about the state transportation law. He oversees Lawrence County, Tenn., sheriff’s office. The first to get the notice is Sheriff Jim Hammond of Hamilton County. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s office) The following is a cover letter to a copy of a notice […]
Hirsch case hints how state makes bizarre legal gyration to make itself god
Arthur J. Hirsch plays the fiddle at the residence of a senior citizen. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” identifies bizarre legal lassitude the state allows itself in the prosecution of criminal cases, a process that implicitly rejects a biblical jurisprudence. (Photo David Tulis) Without even a signed order, the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected a petition […]