Jail overcrowding besieges Sheriff Hammond. We have questions, too. De-escalation reforms? The problem of militarisation? The right to see a magistrate on arrest? Miranda warnings? Evils of the cash …
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, …
The nation’s environmental watchdog on Monday overflew Chattanooga and Hamilton County in force in a visitation demonstrating its aerial prowess, trailing dozens of ash plumes over the city starting …
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. …
By Grenda Ray Harmer, No. 88710 First, I want to discuss my letter to Barbara Cooper, state representative. I’d be interested to know why she didn’t conduct an investigation …
