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) […]
Tear gas, guns, riot squads: The police state’s answer to free speech is brute force
Three men are finalists to be police chief in Chattanooga. The last military encapsulation of a protest in Chattanooga was the April 2014 national socialist protest downtown. No injuries were reported. None of the three candidates are reputed to have police reform leanings. “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority […]
Despite patriotic nostalgia, Dayton rally urges Christians to restore order
Re-enactor Jim Maddox recites the declaration of independence at a God and country rally in the Scopes monkey trial courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., just as a bit of tape loses its grip on a patriotic plastic banner. (Photo David Tulis) State Sen. Mae Beavers, a candidate for Tennessee governor, rises to give a brief oration […]
City searches for police chief; local economy v. official violence
The deadline passes for applications among those who want to be considered by Mayor Andy Berke and city council for chief of police. The official culture of violence in policing, however, begs for review by concerned citizens and a clamor for a reform-minded top officer. (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Optimistic analysis of coming Chattanooga city-state (post crash)
Brandon and Neisha Brophy welcome girl preemie triplets into the world in January 2016. Procreation is a sign of optimism and a picture of human an investment in the future. David Tulis and Sam Spade at Noogaradio debate why Chattanoogans should be optimistic for the future. (Photo Ronald McDonald House blog) Chattanooga faces a coming […]
Christian rebuilding toward justice: Private courts, God’s law
State justice occurs in the old Hamilton County courthouse, left, with the county jail, right. Christian rebuilding of equity and justice will create a parallel private system in which God’s law will be the supreme law. (Photo David Tulis) What can be done to return society to a biblical, free judicial system? In this section […]
Favors open to decentralized solution to 5 broken schools
YOUR LOCOCENTRISM IS SHOWING — State Rep. JoAnne Favors analyzes a proposed state takeover of five “failing” Chattanooga-area state schools, objecting to a top-down alliance that puts a Massachussetts organization in the driver’s seat. Mrs. Favors, a Democrat, is open to nontraditional solutions if they can be brought to bear by LOCAL people, despite a […]
Twilight of courts: Elusive search for justice in American police state
Angel and Jennifer Mendez with the child she was carrying when she was shot by police. “As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the […]
Justices OK police shooting after warrantless search startles homeless couple
The supreme court justified the shootings of this couple during a warrantless search. As Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke is seeking a police chief to replace one who’s leaving, it becomes more important for the city council and the citizenry to demand a chief who is accountable to the fact that every human being is made […]