Hint of thaw among police, but reforms have much ground to cover
For all the grief that chief David Roddy takes from Chattanoogans critical of policing and demanding other improvements or reform, there is a sign of a thaw or a melting. By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 And that is the orders he gave to the officers Dec. 11 assigned to maintain order at the city […]
Lawyer meeting notes: Traffic stop reform in all its fruits, starting here
Chattanooga police officer Sgt. Wayne Jefferson talks to members of the citizens police academy in Chattanooga. (Photo David Tulis) Police powers reform in Tennessee is beginning in Chattanooga. Here are the main arguments for directing city police to respect the limits of the statute at Tenn. Code Ann. § Title 55, the state transportation statute, […]
Bill clarifies rights of travel, policing of transportation in N.H.
A bill by Rep. Dick Marple in New Hampshire retains police power over trucking and transportation, but bans cops from enforcing the transportation statute on people not involved in for-hire use of the roads. (Photo Bizfluent.com) A bill before the New Hampshire general assembly would codify the common law right of free movement on the […]
Berke leaves cops exposed to fatal threats at traffic stops
A cop runs toward the action, his service weapon drawn. (Photo National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund) The killing Thursday of a Georgia police officer occurred in the most dangerous kind of encounter officers face with a potentially hostile public. And that is the so called traffic stop. Traffic stops are more accurately called transportation […]
Protesters decry beating of singer Toney; council members flick out
City hall Tuesday night is lit by a spotlight that says police act like thugs when they should act like public servants. Nearly 40 angry people of color chase members of Chattanooga’s city council from their dais tonight by demanding justice and crying for deliverance from police thuggery in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. By David […]
‘Rebuttable presumption’ keeps motorists in thrall; how to rebut ‘driver’ status?
This sketch explores how TAN separates commercial users of the roads (drivers, operators) from travelers. The left column is that of the ultra vires [beyond the scope] statist status quo. The right-hand column tells the benefits of reform if Chattanooga becomes a sanctuary city from Tenn. Code Ann. Title 55. Local economy has a theory strongly […]
Angry momma works on her case: Affidavit about her ‘attitude’
Angry momma Shameca Burt is at the public library working on an affidavit in one of her three federal cases against “the good people” at Child Protective Services who arbitrarily and capriciously trafficked her children — all nine of them, without a particular cause of action alleging abuse for each child. No cause except that […]
State agencies raid Burt, other families for children needed to keep cash flow
Shameca Burt and her suitcase of legal papers from which she fights for her children, though the state terminated her momma’s rights for all of them. Mrs. Burt of Chattanooga researches the law and asserts her claims for damages as a “pro se litigant” and belligerent claimant in person, going to the federal courthouse three […]
Breezy legal ad dries paint around police chief Roddy, Sheriff Hammond
Police chief David Roddy deals with members of the public at an event at Unum insurance. Mr. Roddy and Mayor Andy Berke are under administrative notice about the limits of police transportation enforcement powers against people using cars, trucks and motorbikes on Chattanooga streets, boulevards, roads and freeways. (Photo CPD) An affidavit of classified ad […]
Jawbone of ass will slay 1,000 Philistines
Samson’s exploits are many, here seizing the door of a city. My proposed check on abusive police powers in Chattanooga Is a weak vessel indeed, A mere use of words telling cops that they can’t keep doing as they have against innocent people on the roads for 80 years. But often God uses weak and […]