Constitution party gives outlet for principled voter
Darrell Castle leads the ticket of the Constitution Party. Can we restore local economy and free markets in Chattanooga and Beyond if we as members of the electorate do not vote based on principle? Can we have principal leadership, as it’s called, if we do not vote according to principal? By David Tulis / AM […]
Gays hold Pride event as minister preaches God’s victory plan
The Rev. Eddie Jacks of Resurrected Reformed Baptist church in Chattanooga preaches the sovereignty of God and the victory of the gospel over sin and its imperial pretenses. (Photo YouTube) Activist Marcus Ellsworth of Chattanooga preaches conquest of gay theory and humanism by compulsion, threat and high court rulings. (Photo YouTube) The Rev. Eddie Jacks […]
Officer ordered quietly chatting Gelpin into house, witness says
Zaneka Steele is an eyewitness to the arrest of neighbor Rochelle Gelpin in May. (Photo David Tulis) Zaneka Steele witnessed from a balcony, top right, the police seizure of Rochelle Gelpin, left, and the manhandling of her daughter, Shay, in a Chattanooga apartment complex. (Photo David Tulis) The following is an affidavit describing the arrest […]
Woman arrested after being told to ‘go inside’ because unit is ‘government property’
Rochelle Gelpin was arrested in her pajamas and falsely accused of “disorderly conduct.” Later in court, she wisely asserted her right to have a cop’s accusations heard by the grand jury, which dismissed them Sept. 28, 2016. Two women confronted by city officer Jeff Rahn recount the details of the arrest of Rochelle Gelpin, left, […]
Gelpin affidavit: Cop gives contradictory orders, arrests without cause
Police officer Jeff Rahn accosted Rochelle Gelpin, left, and her daughter Shay as they sat on the hood of a car before being ordered to go into their apartment. (Photo David Tulis) The following affidavit by Rochelle Gelpin tells of her arrest without probable cause and her being charged with disorderly conduct by Chattanooga police […]
Chattanooga 2.0 school scheme’s missing ingredient
Conflicting economic presuppositions between state school activists written up in the Times Free Press and free market and voluntaryist analysis by contrarian Charles Hugh Smith. (Photo David Tulis) Jared Bigham explains the goals of the group Chattanooga 2.0. (Photo Chatt2.org) The Sunday editions of the Chattanooga Times Free Press tell of a winning goal: “Smartest […]
Is cop abuse about race — or power against the people?
Hanson Melvin holds up his third child, born the day of a Hamilton County, Tenn., hearing against him prompted by a perjured police report. (Photo Facebook) One of the disputes I run with a constitutionalist friend is whether police killings and cop abuse of blacks is a racial issue — or something more significant. I […]
Child-seizing state official charged with false statement
Brenna E. Cervino of Tennessee department of children’s services has been indicted for false statements. (Photo TBI) In the Hanson Melvin case and no doubt and many others the officer reaches the standard for his “disorderly conduct” charge by faking it in his police report. The disorderly conduct statute is stretched to fit the facts […]
Necessity in TN for reform of state’s punitive machinery
A young woman in Montgomery County pays off taxes, fines or fees that were cited in a letter she received saying her driver license was being revoked. A revoked driver license is for most people a form of civil capital punishment. (Photo Newchannel5.com) Every opportunity I’ve had to speak during the 2016 campaign I’ve talked […]
Idols that fail: Social media — more isolation, not less
Social media eats into life at home. (Photo Laura Schmalenberg) A case in point where technology not only fails but threatens a humane life is social media: Facebook, Twitter, the whole tribe of which I avoid like a rabbi shuns pork chops. By Franklin Sanders One valid charge laid against the modern age (for all […]