City put on notice about warrantless arrest power limits as Lee weighs travel ‘crackdown’

City and county governments have received a warning notice from David Tulis, an investigative reporter and broadcast journalist who fears they may ramp up what he says are continuing existing violations of the Tennessee arrest warrant law. Tulis sent notice by email Tuesday to Hamilton County chief deputy Austin Garrett, county attorney Rheubin Taylor and to Phil Noblett, city attorney. He sent email letters and copies of his nine-page “Administrative notice n limits of arrest power in Tennessee under ‘public offense’ rule” to city council members today.  “The panic over CV-19 promises to bring extraordinary abuse of this law — … Continue reading City put on notice about warrantless arrest power limits as Lee weighs travel ‘crackdown’