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) […]

Double whammy: Hirsch rips gun law, says cops act outside law in traffic cases

Jay Hirsch after arguing his right-to-travel and right-to-bear-arms case before a three-judge panel of the Tennessee criminal court of appeals. (Photo David Tulis) NASHVILLE, July 18, 2017 — A criminal court of appeals today hears arguments from a 65-year-old laborer in Middle Tennessee who says that the gun statute is unconstitutional because it is vague […]

City weighs ‘fright’ factor in use of unmarked cop cars to stop women in traffic

Chief Fred Fletcher says the mother of a boy shot by gangland misdoings suffered “fear and horror.” But do city police traffic stops in private cars create such fright among innocent users of the public roadways? The story develops. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) A public statement given by Chief Fred Fletcher in the case of the shooting […]

To become great, city must slash official violence

Flags noting the deaths of Americans in federal wars fly across Chattanooga today, and in front of city hall in Soddy-Daisy, in north Hamilton County. (Photo David Tulis) To make Chattanooga a great city, residents should consider the extent to which they will accept the use of official violence in the city. By David Tulis […]

Court reform in Tennessee — how it could take place

A cruiser waits for Chattanaooga police officers who are in a neighborhood at a crime scene. (Photo WTVC) If God grants a restraining hand of judgment against the people of Tennessee and brings before them a greater prospect of justice, reforms will be in the direction of privatization of justice and reform within the courts […]

Thousands of defendants overlook right of appeal for ‘trial de novo’

Basil Marceaux stands in the Hamilton County, Tenn., court building as he challenges the use of police by municipal corporations despite high court rulings stating city authority is civil. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis / Noogradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM The court system so intimidates Americans that thousands of people in Hamilton County and […]