Pinkston won’t prosecute 2 rogue officers
Rochelle Gelpin, left, sees racism in her arrest, but the real danger is police action without probable cause and with seeming malice. Her daughter, Shay, eyewitness, is at her side. (Photo David Tulis) Neal Pinkston, state prosecutor The state is refusing to prosecute two of its agents who violated the constitutional rights of two Hixson […]
Is cop abuse about race — or power against the people?
Hanson Melvin holds up his third child, born the day of a Hamilton County, Tenn., hearing against him prompted by a perjured police report. (Photo Facebook) One of the disputes I run with a constitutionalist friend is whether police killings and cop abuse of blacks is a racial issue — or something more significant. I […]
Will cop be held accountable in false arrest, double perjury? Pinkston mulls case
Neal Pinkston, district attorney (Photo wdef.com) I would like to follow up on my suggestion of Aug. 24. It concerns the abuse of Hanson Melvin by officer David Campbell of the Chattanooga police department. The internal affairs division of the police department is reviewing the claims Mr. Melvin has made against officer Campbell. By David […]
Top police brass weigh results of Melvin false arrest probe
Lights flashing, Chattanooga police officers prepare to hop out of their cruiser to enforce a law. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) The legwork in the investigation of Chattanooga policeman David Campbell is complete, apparently without interviews of witnesses who saw him arrest Hanson Melvin on May 29 at his Hixson apartment complex. “It’s still in investigation,” Lt. Pedro […]
Top police brass weighing probe in Melvin false arrest caseMelvin false arrest
Lights flashing, Chattanooga police officers prepare to hop out of their cruiser to enforce a law. (Photo Wrcbtv.com) The legwork in the investigation of Chattanooga policeman David Campbell is complete, apparently without interviews of witnesses who saw him arrest Hanson Melvin on May 29 at his Hixson apartment complex. “It’s still in investigation,” Lt. Pedro […]
Man refuses to bow; judge, prosecutor toss busted case
Hanson Melvin is in a cheerful mood outside the Hamilton County courts building in Chattanooga after having his case dismissed. (Photo David Tulis) A black pedestrian was cleared today of criminal charges that he caused a public disturbance when he stood his ground against police demands he produce a driver license and tell his social […]
Charges against an innocent man dismissed, to be expunged
Hanson Melvin is in a cheerful mood outside the Hamilton County courts building in Chattanooga after having his case dismissed. (Photo David Tulis) A black pedestrian was cleared today of criminal charges that he caused a public disturbance when he stood his ground against police demands he produce a driver license and tell his social […]
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 […]
Meet Hanson Melvin, victim of police abuse, pending court case
Hanson Melvin talks with David Tulis and Mike Steel about his arrest and indictment premised on a false report by city police officer David Campbell, against whom an internal affairs complaint has been filed. The interview at AM 1240 Hot News Talk Radio tells of his coming hearing Friday before criminal court judge Don Poole. […]
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 […]