Police have used red light cameras for years in Middle Tennessee to catch people breaking the law, but now a legal opinion from the state’s top lawyer says he thinks the companies that run those cameras may not be following…
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Metro Cop Appears to Endorse Murder
A Metro police officer is under investigation for a post he made on his personal Facebook page referencing the officer-involved shooting in Minnesota. Officer Anthony Venable has been decommissioned pending the results of the investigation. According to police, Venable wrote,…
Read MoreBeleagured Nashville DA Funk In Trouble Again
Nashville DA Glenn Funk now faces a federal civil rights lawsuit over his office’s handling of a high-profile domestic violence case. In that lawsuit made public Friday, developer David Chase accuses Funk and assistant DA Katy Miller of threatening Chase…
Read MoreLocal Mom Killed by Unnecessary Police Chase
More questions about a police pursuit that ended up taking the life of a Murfreesboro mother. Some say Coffee County deputies should have called off the chase, which started over a stolen car. Authorities said the man stole a car…
Read MoreShock: 2,000 Rape Kits Still Untested by TBI
Tennessee is dealing with a backlog on thousands of sexual assault kits. “Tennessee is not the only state dealing with this issue,” explained Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine. In fact, it’s an issue in many states, but here…
Read MoreThe Troubling Data About Incarceration Rates in TN
Two reports released in the past week provide a startling rationale for the use of the term “mass incarceration” and yet more data suggesting that the phenomenon is not felt equally in our society. The first, from The Sentencing Project,…
Read MoreVictims Find Peace, Healing Through Meeting Criminals Who Hurt Them
There’s new approach that has crime victims meeting with their offenders as a way to move forward. The Tennessee Department of Correction created a Victim/Offender Dialogue Program, similar to other states. It’s centered on victims overcoming by going into where…
Read MoreTDOC Commissioner Resigns Amidst Widespread Allegations of Incompetency
Last week, Gov. Bill Haslam’s office announced that the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction would leave his post at the end of June to join Florida-based private prison company GEO Group. After five years leading the state’s 14…
Read MoreNashville’s Judge Bell In Trouble Again
A White Bluff, Tenn., man has filed a complaint against Nashville General Sessions Judge Rachel Bell, saying she delayed his case and interrupted his testimony to take a picture with a high school class. Tommy Craig said he mailed the…
Read MoreFeds Indict Rutherford County Sheriff Over E-Cigarette Business
Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold and two others were indicted by a grand jury Friday morning following an ongoing investigation. News 2 was there when Arnold arrived to the courthouse around 8 a.m. He now faces 14 indictments including one…
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