The University of Tennessee is investigating a tweet by one of its law professors after the faculty member and contributing columnist for USA TODAY and the Knoxville News Sentinel urged motorists to run over demonstrators blocking traffic in Charlotte, N.C….
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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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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,…
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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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Gallatin Cop Kills Mentally Ill Woman During Eviction
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place while authorities said they were serving eviction papers outside a Gallatin home Wednesday morning. Laronda Sweatt, 40, was shot and killed by a Gallatin Police Department…
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Memphis Boasts Twice the Murder Rate of Chicago
By at least one measure, the homicide rate in Memphis this year is nearly twice that of Chicago, a town that is generating unwanted notoriety for its soaring number of killings. Through the end of March in Memphis, 60 people…
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Wife of Man Murdered by AZ Cop Wants Justice
The widow of a former Nashville resident fatally shot by a police officer in Arizona has spoken out and demanded answers. Hillwood High School graduate Daniel Shaver, 26, was killed in January, but his wife said she still doesn’t have…
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Local Anglican Priest Gets Political With Trump Essay
The email inbox of Thomas McKenzie, an Anglican priest in Nashville, is drowning in backlash after he penned an anti-Donald Trump essay in response to the Republican presidential front-runner’s rhetoric and mounting success. About a week before Tennesseans overwhelmingly picked…
Read MoreRace, Politics and Lies
Among the many painful ironies in the current racial turmoil is that communities scattered across the country were disrupted by riots and looting because of the demonstrable lie that Michael Brown was shot in the back by a white policeman…
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