Controversy surrounds signs used by a Western Kentucky University fraternity before Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. Lambda Chi Alpha’s banners made reference to four former Vandy football players accused of rape. The signs painted mostly on sheets and varied in statements…
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Scandal: Recent Rape Highlights Four Year Long Outage of Metro Parks Cameras
It’s been nearly a month since an 18-year-old girl was raped while she was babysitting in an Antioch park. On Thursday, News 2 went to Hamilton Creek Park with the mother of the twins the girl was babysitting. It was…
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Learn Effective Self Defense Tips with Krav Maga
Recent terrorist attacks and mass shootings are leading people to find ways to protect themselves when danger strikes. Here in middle Tennessee and worldwide: Krav Maga combat training is one way on the rise. As a local fire fighter and…
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Victims 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…
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TN Ranked 5th Most Dangerous State in the Country
Tennessee natives and transplants from elsewhere might agree that the Volunteer State seems to be one of the safest in the nation. But a new survey says otherwise, ranking Tennessee as the fifth most-dangerous state in America. WalletHub, a personal-finance…
Read MoreDowntown Nashville Dangerous For Young People
In an effort to come up with a plan for youth violence, the Nashville Youth Violence Task Force studied violent crime by council district. The group looked at murder, rape and aggravated assault over a five-year period from 2010 to…
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Federal Judge Doubts Government’s Story in Local Case
On Jan. 14, Mohamed Omar, a 31-year-old Nashville resident who buys and sells used cars for a living, was released after serving almost four years off and on in a federal detention center outside of Bowling Green, Ky. That in…
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Nashville’s Native Refugee Crisis
Recently I lunched with a friend only a few miles from what I call Nashville’s “third world district,” albeit mainly composed of people born in the United States. It is one of the trendy spots, a major attraction for millennials,…
Read MoreHow to End Crime in America
Abolish prison and give everyone a gun. The end. Good night. Oh wait, that’s not enough for a column? Okay, how about legalize drugs too? I’m not kidding. I know it sounds outrageous but hate facts often are. Look, I’m…
Read MoreBooming Economy Means Lower Crime for Gallatin
The overall crime rate in Gallatin dropped 17 percent in 2014 from 2013, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on Tuesday. It is a larger decrease than the 2.2 percent reduction in the crime rate…
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