The following is an affidavit describing the arrest of Rochelle Gelpin of Chattanooga. It is made by her neighbor, Zaneka Steele. A grand jury issued a “no true bill” …
Despite a rancorous campaign season, there is at least one belief that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton share: Americans have far too much liberty when it comes to firearms …
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 …
LEBANON, Tenn. (Sept. 23, 2016) – A small-town Tennessee police department recently deployed an automatic license plate reader system that allows officers to collect and store data on the …
In the Hanson Melvin case and no doubt and many others the officer reaches the standard for his “disorderly conduct” charge by faking it in his police report. The …
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 …
Every opportunity I’ve had to speak during the 2016 campaign I’ve talked about criminal justice reform. It seemed I was a voice crying in the wilderness as I talked …
The city of Red Bank and the Tennessee Highway Patrol have rejected the Tennessee Supreme Court’s rules for roadblocks by refusing to give public notice of their time and …
