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.
Officer Andrew Delke Wants His Murder Trial Moved Out Of Nashville
A Metro Nashville police officer who shot a young black man last summer wants his murder trial moved out of Davidson County. Andrew Delke could plead…
Nashville Prosecutors Reconsider Death Penalty For Condemned Man
Listen A Nashville death row inmate scheduled for execution next April might be spared. District Attorney Glenn Funk is offering Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman a new sentence of life in prison. Now, it’s up to a judge to decide if he’ll allow the deal to go through.
Nashville Schools Hit Pause On Proposed Kurdish Classes — For Now
Listen Nashville Kurds celebrated in January when the public schools board voted to offer Kurdish language classes in local high schools. But school officials now say they’re struggling to recruit students.
Judíos En Nashville Y Migrantes Se Unen Para Protestar Agencia De Inmigración Y Control De Aduanas
Read in English. Docenas de manifestantes criticaron la cooperación local con Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en el norte de Nashville el lunes por la mañana. Migrantes, Judíos y aliados se reunieron en una calle cerca de una oficina de campo de ICE con pancartas y libros de oraciones para una manifestación llena de […]
Nashville Jews And Immigrants Unite To Protest Immigration And Customs Enforcement
Leer en español. Several dozen protesters criticized local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Nashville Monday morning. Immigrants, Jews and allies gathered down the street from an ICE field office with picket signs and prayer books for a music-filled rally.
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