For mayors and sheriffs, it’s easy to turn a bad practice into a morally neutral policy option. But is it just and right? The deafness of Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond and Mayor Andy Berke of Chattanooga to calls of traffic stop reform is what might be described, delicately, as a “continuing democratic deficit.” Such terms as this are used on NPR to describe dictators such as Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. By David Tulis / 92.7 NoogaRadio According to to public records, Sheriff Hammond has been under transportation administrative notice since March 1, 2018. Mayor Berke has been under notice … Continue reading Berke, Hammond falter against democratic principles