Listen Tensions are rising between the Metro Nashville Police Department and the new civilian board tasked with overseeing it. Members of the Community Oversight Board hoped to meet with Chief Steve Anderson earlier this week, but the chief has refused.
Tennessee Criminal Justice Reform Advocates Want Change. Will It Happen?
Listen Some Tennessee activists, business leaders and government officials say it feels like the state is ready for meaningful criminal justice reform. At a conference organized by a prison ministry group Wednesday, advocates discussed challenges and solutions to the hot-button issue. But other reformers worry those leading the conversation won’t go far enough.
Spring Hill GM Autoworkers Call For Job Security In First Nationwide Strike Since 2007
Listen More than 3,000 employees at the General Motors plant in Spring Hill didn’t show up for work Monday as part of the company’s first nationwide strike since 2007. Union members have a list of demands, including better protections for temporary workers, which make up about 10% of the Spring Hill workforce.
For Male Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse, Untreated Trauma Can Lead To Run-Ins With The Law
Listen A note of warning: This story discusses sexual abuse and suicide. It may be disturbing to some readers. Every week, Daniel Westbrooks walks through a metal detector and several locked doors to visit teens at Nashville’s Juvenile Detention Center. He weaves through the shuffle of boys in matching blue polo shirts and gray slip-on […]
Officer Andrew Delke’s Defense Argues A Fair Trial Would Be ‘Impossible’ In Nashville
Listen Attorneys for Metro Nashville Police Officer Andrew Delke argue he can’t get a fair trial in Davidson County because the local jury pool has already been tainted. A newly unsealed document asks the court to move the trial to another location because of widespread publicity in the aftermath of the shooting.
As Nashville’s Community Oversight Board Starts Investigating, Police Deny Records Requests
Listen Metro Police is refusing to provide information to Nashville’s new Community Oversight Board. The group has submitted multiple public records requests — and they’ve all been denied, a lack of cooperation that could be a sign of a difficult path forward.
Mayor Briley Signs Executive Order To Discourage Local Cooperation With ICE
Listen Leer en español. Mayor David Briley signed an executive order Tuesday morning that discourages local cooperation with federal immigration agencies. The policy comes amid growing scrutiny of Metro’s relationship with immigration officials.
New Deal Ends Decades-Long Legal Process In Nashville Death Penalty Case
Listen Shawanna Norman was just 9 when Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman stormed into her house in February 1986. She trembled in a bedroom with her sister Katrina, who was 8, hearing everything as their mother and her boyfriend were attacked. The sisters were spared. Three decades later, so has the life of Abdur’Rahman. Last week, a judge […]
Nashville Police Will Finally Get Body Cameras After Years Of Delays
Listen After a string of delays, Metro Nashville police officers will finally start wearing body cameras this fall. The department signed a contract Thursday and will begin rolling out the new technology as early as next month.
After A Decade Of Aggressive Panhandling, A Notorious Nashville Scammer Sits In Jail
Listen A notorious Nashville scammer who’s been arrested more than 100 times is going to jail. Multiple local Facebook groups with thousands of members have spent the past three months tracking Paul Aniel around town, in the hope he’d be rearrested and put behind bars.
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