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 […]
Candidate Greer suspects ‘abuse of power’ in Gaddy case
Jennifer Lockhart Greer teaches history and civics at the high school. The fight to bring Thomas and Carol Gaddy into submission and behind the bars of the Sequatchie County jail has sparked a political challenge to Dunlap mayor Dwain Land, whose actions in 2015 launched the conflict. Schoolteacher and businesswoman Jennifer Lockhart Greer is angered […]
Gaddys flee as judge seeks to jail older couple in fight to ‘inspect’ house
Deputies, police surround Gaddy house attempting to make arrest on bench warrant of couple that refuses to allow search without probable cause. An important property rights case where justice appears fugitive. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
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 […]
Rogue cop, forgiven by Melvin, couldn’t steal his dignity
By God’s grace Hanson Melvin survives ordeal as victim of rogue cop. He says people should learn from him about standing up for their rights. He regrets that officer David Campbell was fired for his actions, and says he intends Mr. Campbell no harm; and Mr. Melvin forgives him. (Courtesy NoogaRadio) Tweet Pin It
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 […]
Tulis leads pack in media failure, not asking Berke on 2 rogue cop cases
Either at this moment, or after the debate, your editor David Tulis should have confronted the city’s elusive mayor, Andy Berke, and asked about two rogue cop cases lost on the pile of paperwork on the desk of his chief of police. (Photo David Tulis) Hanson Melvin in front of district attorney Neal Pinkston’s office […]
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 […]
High comments given to Tulis for deep-reaching reporting, analysis
David Tulis, a lococentric journalist with an eye for Chattanooga, is depicted here as a cosmopolite with a global perspective. According to my colleague, Mike Steel, you are wise to support this website and to advertise your business, church or group on our multimedia platform, Noogaradio 1240 AM 101.1 FM. Please donate to support our […]