Grohn demands Fletcher provide details in abusive cop cases
Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher jogs with police recruits on the city walking bridge. (Photo Chattanooga police department, Facebook) Hanson Melvin in front of district attorney Neal Pinkston’s office in Chattanooga. Mr. Pinkston refused to prosecute his indictment on a disorderly conduct charge after Mr. Melvin raised questions about denial of due process and perjury […]
High calling of officer as DA lets 2 go in rogue cop cases
Rochelle Gelpin of Chattanooga has personal knowledge of a crime having been committed (by a cop, against her). She is considering a request for subpoena so she may testify before the grand jury since the Hamilton County DA Neal Pinkston refuses to prosecute officer Jeff Rahn for perjury and abuse of process. (Photo David Tulis) Neal Pinkston, […]
Gardenhire endorsement shows irrelevancy of Times Free Press editorial page
Sen. Todd Gardenhire serves the conventions of Republican and conservative government. (Photo YouTube) The right-hand editorial page of the Chattanooga Times Free Press has endorsed Sen. Todd Gardenhire for a new term in the Tennessee General Assembly. The text by Clint Cooper praises his work in the public education sector, including getting cheaper passage in […]
Gays hold Pride event as minister preaches God’s victory plan
The Rev. Eddie Jacks of Resurrected Reformed Baptist church in Chattanooga preaches the sovereignty of God and the victory of the gospel over sin and its imperial pretenses. (Photo YouTube) Activist Marcus Ellsworth of Chattanooga preaches conquest of gay theory and humanism by compulsion, threat and high court rulings. (Photo YouTube) The Rev. Eddie Jacks […]
Necessity in TN for reform of state’s punitive machinery
A young woman in Montgomery County pays off taxes, fines or fees that were cited in a letter she received saying her driver license was being revoked. A revoked driver license is for most people a form of civil capital punishment. (Photo Newchannel5.com) Every opportunity I’ve had to speak during the 2016 campaign I’ve talked […]
Cop Campbell makes man ‘fear for my life’ in 2012 traffic stop
Hanson Melvin waits in the Hamilton County criminal court clerk’s office for a copy of his indictment. (Photo David Tulis) Chattanooga police officer David Campbell, hounding a hapless but uppity black through the courts, has in his record a citizen complaint for abusive treatment. Officer Campbell is under investigation today by his department for what […]
Witness says Melvin did not raise voice during arrest
Donna Robertson is a defense witness in the state’s case against “walking while black” defendant Hanson Melvin. (Photo David Tulis) The case against Melvin Hanson pits a report by a Chattanooga cop, David Campbell, against the word of defendant Hanson Melvin and a group of witnesses such as Donna Robertson. Mrs. Robertson lives across the […]
Pinkston wins indictment in case in which cop perjures self
As people come and go, Hanson Melvin sits in the waiting room of district attorney Neal Pinkston’s office Wednesday, reading the indictment Mr. Pinkston won against him on a phony police report. (Photo David Tulis) Misled by bold fibbery in a police report, the Hamilton County grand jury has indicted Hanson Melvin, a father of […]
Uriah the Hittite, honorable man, model for local economy
Uriah the Hittite is faithful to the army of Israel and to King David, even though his lord betrays him and orders his death. (Photo Fearfulthings.co.za) When Christians on the Lord’s Day hear a sermon about King David’s adultery with Bathsheba, they are often left in the dark about Bathsheba’s husband. Uriah the Hittite was […]
If you abolish police, you save lives, restore order under tried, true authority
Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher is an unelected enforcer of state statute, his standing army not responsive to the interests of constitutional liberty. (Photo police department Twitter, Wrcbtv.com). There’s a good reason why the founding fathers wanted sheriffs to protect the innocent and keep public order. The sheriff has to be elected by the people […]