Bullet points on the leftist rally in Chattanooga
Critics of swastikas and National Socialist theories from 1940s Germany await the beginning of a left-wing rally in Chattanooga on Aug. 17, 2017. (Photo David Tulis) The leftwing rally in Chattanooga exhibited some of the best and worst of progressivism. The bad: its harsh demeanor against dissent, its fruity sexual mores and its fractured analysis of […]
Traffic tickets by camera legally unenforceable; toss them
A Knoxville TV station confirms Rep. Andy Holt’s argument that camera-based traffic enforcement is legally unenforceable. “Do you really have to pay those red light camera tickets? Well, the answer we found was, NO!” — Amanda Hara, WVLT Knoxville By Rep. Andy Holt Folks, the truth about these societal leeches is slipping out, thanks to WVLT in […]
Gaddy arrested, faces Dunlap jail cell as political prisoner
An assault case in Soddy-Daisy city court in a billing dispute with a garage owner brought Carol and Thomas Gaddy into a courts building in Chattanooga today, leading to her arrest in her property rights case in Dunlap, Tenn. , where she is under a judge’s finding of civil contempt. (Photo David Tulis) Carol Gaddy was […]
Gaddy house solidly built, well renovated, engineer says
Barry Field, engineer David Tulis interviews an engineer who on July 24 inspected the Thomas and Carol Gaddy house in Dunlap, Tenn., and gives it a solid and safe review. “Subsequent to a thorough examination of the entire dwelling,” says Barry Field in a letter, “we found nothing that was not 100% structurally sound.” (Courtesy Noogaradio […]
Gaddy says facing jail for cause of freedom, soldiers of foreign wars
Carol Gaddy stands next to a federal flag posted along the edge of her property along Coops Creek in Dunlap, Tenn. Her stand for God-given rights honors veterans and soldiers, she says. (Photo David Tulis) A feisty homeowner in Southeastern Tennessee who has defied a court’s order to voluntarily allow a search of her house […]
For cops, anything goes — DAs, cronyism, law shield abuse
Tennessee state Rep. Gerald McCormick sponsored a bill to give more legal favor to citizens on patrol (cop) by making an assault on an officer a “blue lives matter” felony. (Photo Twitter Gerald McCormick) “There is one criminal justice system for citizens — especially black and brown ones — and another for police in the United States.” […]
Berke cites life-saving de-escalation as police ideal in naming Roddy
David Roddy is tapped as the chief of the Chattanooga police department. Mayor Berke is at left, and city council member Darrin Ledford is at right. (Photo WDEF.com) Mayor Andy Berke, heeding growing public interest in reform, tells of an encounter between a drunken husband and an officer that in times past might have ended […]
McCallie’s choice words to new police chief
Franklin McCallie, a secular prophet and social reform activist, tells how he shifted from racial bigotry to amity and what Chattanooga’s new chief of police should say and do to reduce the abuse of policing against blacks and the poor. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Berke’s new police chief faces array of abuses, unfinished business
Chattanooga police acting chief David Roddy admires machine guns belonging to the federal military. Local base commander White is at left. (Photo, Fred Fletcher Twitter) Rochelle Gelpin of Hixson was arrested in her pajamas and groundlessly accused of “disorderly conduct.” Because she “sat on her rights” she was unable to sue for damages.(Photo David Tulis) […]
Humiliating TVA traffic stops show poverty of TN government
A TVA police officer, Scott E. Stone, gives me this business card after stopping a woman for having a motor vehicle tag that didn’t match her car. (Photo David Tulis) The TVA traffic enforcement story is raising alarm because it suggests how far down the state has sunk and, with it, its people. By David […]