Two rallies in Tennessee on Saturday ended peacefully, and the security state is taking full credit. White Lives Matter events in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro were met strongly by counter-protesters …
Police officers and sheriff’s deputies in the Chattanooga area are learning a vital technique of local economy: Voluntary relationships and free market techniques vs. force and violence. And increasingly …
Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated …
This coming Oct. 31 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. On that day 500 years ago – October 31st, 1517 – Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to …
A gracious member of the bar takes time today to straighten us out on the uncertainties of arrests, custodial arrests and Miranda warnings. His name is John Wysong, …
An impoverished independent businessman vows to appeal to the Tennessee supreme court a mid-level appellate opinion in a criminal case hostile to liberties Tennesseans enjoyed prior to World War …
Chattanooga police department has a policy in its “Arrest procedures” manual requiring officers to read people their Miranda rights when arrested. The departmental rule is based on a directive …
But commoners would fear the officer’s approaching cruiser less if they could learn about the ethics rules he swore to uphold — and trust that he would obey them. …