White supremacists have made several appearances in Nashville over the past few weeks: marching with swastika flags, interrupting a Metro Council meeting and, last Saturday, screaming racial slurs at a group of young, Black boys who were playing drums downtown.
A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Music City
Nashville has the largest Kurdish population of any city in the U.S., and most are from the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, also known as Bashur. They arrived in waves starting in the 1970s, with the largest influx prompted by Saddam Hussein’s genocidal campaigns in the late 1980s and early ’90s.
‘It has its roots in the blood of Black folks’: Community leaders take a stand for Nashville’s police review board
A retired police lieutenant alleged that at least two top police officials worked with state lawmakers to dissolve the Community Oversight Board charged with keeping them accountable. Now a second complaint has been filed, and the newly constituted board has set up a confidential hotline for other police employees to share concerns.
Timeline: Nashville’s 50-year fight for a police oversight board, and how it continues today
Recent allegations in an MNPD internal affairs complaint are the latest in a tense history of Nashvillians fighting for police oversight.
Nashville voted for police oversight in 2018. Now a complaint says top MNPD officials worked to end the COB.
A retired Nashville police lieutenant has claimed that at least two high-ranking MNPD officials worked to overturn the city’s Community Oversight Board — and the department’s top leadership knew about it.
WPLN obtained a detailed, 61-page complaint alleging a pattern of leadership misconduct at MNPD. Here’s what we know.
A retired Metro Nashville Police lieutenant has filed a 61-page complaint containing dozens of allegations related to what he describes as MNPD’s lack of transparency and resistance to accountability. WPLN News sat down with the retired officer to learn more.
Tennessee professor dies during study abroad trip in Brazil
A Columbia State Community College art professor died after being hit by a large ocean wave during a study abroad trip in Brazil.
Tennessee farms report storm damage, including flooded crops and livestock struck by lightning
Last week’s deadly storms hit rural areas of Middle Tennessee hard, including many farms. The damages include cattle washed away, hundreds of thousands of dollars of crops flooded, barn roofs torn up and fences knocked down by fallen trees. There have even been reports of livestock struck by lightning.
Waves of storms bring record-breaking rainfall to parts of Middle Tennessee
This week’s severe storms have left behind heartache and debris, along with the flooding. According to the National Weather Service, the areas that received the most rainfall were north of Interstate 40 — with many spots getting five to eight inches. This led to water rescues in places like Gallatin and Hendersonville. Overall, Sumner and […]
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