Listen Nashville’s new Community Oversight Board is calling for an emergency meeting with the Metro mayor and chief of police next week. The group met Wednesday night to discuss concerns about lack of cooperation from police thus far. The board hopes the mayor’s presence will help the two parties find a way to move forward.
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.
Alcalde Briley Firma Orden Ejecutiva Para Prevenir Cooperación Local Con ICE
Read in English. Alcalde David Briley firmó una orden ejecutiva el martes que desalenta la cooperación entre departamentos local y agencias federales de inmigración.
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.
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.
New Tennessee House Speaker Promises To Respect Differences
Crossville Republican Cameron Sexton has been elected speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives at a special session this morning. Sexton, who has been in the legislature for nine years, was elected unanimously. Ninety-four lawmakers voted in favor, with two voting present.
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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