CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Gangs of youth in cities such as Chattanooga organize for turf protection, illicit profit from contraband, masculinity, racial identity, financial liquidity (cash), youthful thrill at danger …
Liberal activist Beth Foster meets a woman in the Knox County jail who is being abused under Tenn. Code Ann. § Title 55. Ms. Foster herself faces abusive use …
The local officials who have received administrative notice about the scope of the Tennessee transportation law are bound with especial duty to obey the law’s plain meaning, pursuant to …
City councilman Demetrus Coonrod, humbled by a Christian mediation session, utters a public apology Tuesday to Marie Mott and a former gang member who a week before had decried …
City council gets an earful of discontent Tuesday focusing on police abuse and the connection between poverty, harassment and the paltry capitalization in some city districts. A former gang …
At what point does Mayor Andy Berke overrule a department’s pernicious practices? Will it take a police execution of a city resident for the mayor to notice what is …
I’ve been arrested only once in my life and it was this year. Many of the assumptions we have about guilt, police, and people of color are based in …
Since Feb. 20 city government has been under administrative notice about the requirement to obey the statute at TCA 55 (transportation law) and also U.S.C. 49, the U.S. transportation …
