Lawmakers calling on TBI, Dept of Justice to investigate Murfreesboro child arrests At least 10 children ages 6 to 11 were arrested at Hobgood Elemetary School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee for reportedly not breaking up a fight that not only did not occur on school grounds–rather at a neighborhood basketball game–a …
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HB 1840 allows mental health professionals to refuse service to LGBT persons based on a “sincerely held religious belief” Tennessee state lawmakers Wednesday afternoon passed HB 1840, a bill that would effectively allow mental health professionals to refuse service to anyone based on the “religious liberty” of the counselor, therapist, or …
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Officer Alexander Ego was fired by police chief Fred Fletcher on Tuesday. The officer was accused of sexual assault and inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty last week after a complaint was filed March 30 for an incident on March 25. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which began reviewing the …
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There is good news today for pregnant women in Tennessee. These are words I have never written before. The controversial “fetal assault” law passed in 2014 will expire this summer despite efforts by lawmakers to renew it. The law made Tennessee the first state in the nation to criminalize the …
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A Republican state representative in Tennessee named Micah Van Huss is sponsoring a bill that would defund diversity programs at the University of Tennessee, opting instead to use the money to purchase “In God We Trust” stickers on all law enforcement vehicles. As first reported by the Knoxville News Sentinel, …
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Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold told the press Tuesday that he suspects Beyonce’s Super Bowl performance and “Formation” music video may have led to a shooting outside his Murfreesboro, Tennessee home. The officer reported hearing eight gunshots outside of his house Monday around 9 PM. He yelled for his wife and two young …
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Two Collegedale, Tennessee police officers are under scrutiny for use of excessive force on a Guatemalan woman employed by a private cleaning company at Ooltewah Middle School. Sgt. Jamie Heath and Officer Brian Desmond had entered the school looking for a possible burglar on January 11th when they noticed an open …
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The Republican Majority Whip for the Tennessee House Of Representatives has agreed to resign his title – but not his seat – after being exposed sexually harassing three different women. Via Raw Story: State Rep. Jeremy Durham officially stepped down hours after the GOP leadership released a statement saying he was …
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July of last year Troy Goode of Memphis attended a rock concert with his wife in Southaven, Mississippi. As the wife, Kelli Goode was driving her LSD-intoxicated husband home and made a stop, a woman saw him acting erratically and notified police. According to the charges Mrs. Goode is bringing against …
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On Monday the taxpayer-funded nonprofit Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Officers Association asked Comptroller for an investigation into questionable payouts. The Washington County sheriff’s major, Gary Bradley and retired Sparta police lieutenant arrested, Robert Hall were charged and indicted. The officers were then serving as treasurer and project director of TLETOA respectively. It …
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Four Tennessee high school students have been charged with indecent exposure in recent weeks, and two of them jailed for it — all because they wore sagging pants. “Full Story – Huffington Post”
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