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Melvin’s solution to police state: ‘Waive the court,’ demand indictment

Hanson Melville inks a form that “waives the court” as he asserts his constitutionally protected rights. (Photo David Tulis) By his signature, the defendant “waives” a right to a lesser court to assert his right to a greater. (Photo David Tulis) Part of the paperwork when you are absorbed into the legal machine and ground […]

Officer under perjury investigation for muddled tale of uppity black

Dragged to court by a perjurous police report on the day of the birth of his third child, Hanson Melvin of Chattanooga exits the Hamilton County courthouse in Chattanooga on June 14, 2016. (Photo David Tulis) This document is a sworn statement, aka a “police report,” that tells of a “screaming” and “yelling” family man […]

Arguments against local economy

The Main Street farmers market in Chattanooga is an expression of market decentralization — and for local economy. (Photo David Tulis) We make much of local economy in Chattanooga and are excited by arrival of digital overcapacity in the Gig, real estate on the Northshore and highly touted entrepreneurial culture exemplified by Lamp Post Group […]

Cop arrests pedestrian who refuses to show driver license; he files complaint

Hanson Melvin stands at the spot near Northgate mall where Chattanooga police waylayed him without probable cause and arrested him. (Photo David Tulis) I faced a judge in city court Tuesday on charges of disorderly conduct, but the disorderly conduct was that of Chattanooga police officers who arrested me for being a pedestrian who refused […]

TN school systems use taxpayer money for lobbying

The Tennessee Organization for School Superintendents shells out $10,000 to $25,000 in taxpayer money for five lobbyists. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) Certain public school systems in Tennessee are using taxpayer money to hire lobbyists who push items those same taxpayers may not like, state records show. Justin Owen, president of the Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee, a […]

How to maintain your rights at traffic stops, help free city

Officer Mark Niethammer, suspended in December 2015 for drag racing his police cruiser, gives a tyke a push on his self-propelled car during a presumably friendly neighborhood visit. (Photo Chattanooga Police Department) My most recent encounter with police was the night I returned to Chattanooga from a visit to the Gnome of Strawberry Plains. The […]

Fluoride pits concrete, corrodes pipes at Sale Creek plant; operator sick

These filter tanks take crud and turbidity out of well water in north Hamilton County. But the North West Utility district north of Chattanooga injects hydrofluorosilicic acid into the water — crud of a different sort that’s part of a legacy practice its board is considering dropping. (Photo David Tulis) Fluoride is an industrial waste […]