Gentry slashes back at lawyer-senator’s bid to blight remonstrance petition

Petitioner John Gentry deals with a head-on rebuke by a practicing attorney and member of the state judiciary who is also a member of the legislature in the Tennessee senate. Mr. Gentry filed in state house and senate a petition of remonstrance that is an extraordinary stab at what might readily be called the Tennessee […]

‘Absurd’ petition would open tide of grievances, pol says

John Stevens is a practicing attorney of Huntingdon, Tenn., 3½ hours from Chattanooga and west of Nashville, and a member of the state senate who objects to anyone criticizing his profession and calling or his high place with two seats in the three branches of state government. By David Tulis / 92.7 NoogaRadio In a […]

Gentry readies petition for remonstrance, asks for traffic stop reform detail

A remarkable project is about to be birthed in which John Gentry, a certified public accountant who resides in Goodlettsville, Tenn., tells the general assembly about innumerable grievances brought against the people by the dominant private interest in Tennessee, namely members of the bar — attorneys and judges, who operate as a combine to deprive […]

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 […]

TVA seizes 72 acres in instant; landowner cries foul

A photo montage posted by Stop Dextroying  Tennessee Farms on FB. Greg Vital is in the top right photo. Bottom photo, signs declaring the matter of property rights in simplest form.  Local landowner Greg Vital and two other property owners are fighting for their property rights as TVA has obtained a condemnation order against them […]

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 […]