Hours before deputies slay Sexton, police group demands de-escalation reform
Sheriff’s deputies and TBI agents pore of the truck of slain Hamilton County resident Chris Sexton. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) A Chattanooga man was slain Tuesday hours after a national police group proposed standards for the use of force among departments in a country whose cops killed 963 people in 2016. Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies killed Chris […]
Killing of Sexton after chase cries for policing reform
High speed police chase in Hamilton County ends in slaying of Chris Sexton, 29, who violated a domestic order of protection. Policing at its best? Or worst? Four reforms are called for to save American lives, end risks for other travelers. David Tulis asks Sheriff Jim Hammond to upgrade deputy training (Courtesy Noogradio.com) If Berke is […]
If Berke is pro-cop, is he pro-black?
Andy Berke, Chattanooga mayor, is all smiles among a group of children, members of a race whose people are disproportionately abused by the mayor’s executive branch and its well-armed constabulary. (Photo Facebook) Mayor Andy Berke is so out of touch with the operations of his own police department that he does not see its continuing […]
Gelpin says intends to seek redress for false arrest
Rochelle Gelpin and her daughter Shay stand in the spot where Mrs. Gelpin was arrested without probable cause and charged with disorderly conduct. A grand jury dismissed the case. (Photo David Tulis) A woman who was ordered by police officer into her house because “it is government property” is dawdling over her options for redress […]
20 years for 3 pills — TN cops entrap teen in dating scam
Tommy Jones is sheriff of Monroe County, Tenn. (Photo WATE.com) A year-and-a-half ago, several Monroe County, Tenn., police departments set up an elaborate drug sting to take down what the police perceived to be known drug dealers in the area. The message they wanted to send, according to Sherriff Tommy Jones II was, “If you […]
Yearning for the fleshpots of Egypt, & fear of getting even halfway out
The leeks, meat, melons and onions of Egypt. The yearning to go back into the system, the fear of getting at least halfway out. Reflections on the promises of Christ & their cultural implications. (Courtesy Noogaradio.com) Tweet Pin It
Arraignment night in Soddy-Daisy plows through 62 cases
James Jordan, left, is on the front row in Judge Marty Lasley’s city court in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. He is decorated with tattoos. (Photo David Tulis) Tara Maye walks out of Soddy-Daisy city court after indicating she intends to have an attorney help in her case. In Soddy-Daisy city court, these women face criminal charges and […]
UPDATE: Highway patrol says LPRs limited to stops under probable cause
The highway patrol in Tennessee is limited in the use of license plate readers on 63 of its 900 cruisers. Lt. Bill Miller says they are not used promiscuously to stop everyone without auto insurance. Rather, they are used to verify insurance only on lawful criminal stops or stops under probable cause, and then only […]
Haslam, THP declare war on 20% of TN motorists
Using mass surveillance by LPRs (license plate readers), Gov. Bill Haslam and his agents declare war on 20 percent of the traveling public whose members do not have car insurance, a luxury many poor people cannot afford. They face seizure of their vehicles, 30 days in jail and increased fines. (first hour. Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet […]
Law doesn’t rule in ‘rule of law’; source behind it does
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Chattanooga gives an interview on election night. (Photo David Tulis) Another new year, another year of thousands of so-called new laws? Is it because of what you hear almost daily, We live by the rule of law and not by the rule of man? I believe just the opposite is […]