First-time candidate Shaundelle Brooks has defeated Republican Chad Bobo, keeping Tennessee House District 60 blue. She will replace Democratic Rep. Darren Jernigan, who was elected to the seat in 2012 and who recently became an advisor in the Nashville mayor’s office. More: ‘We need each other.’ As Darren Jernigan leaves the state for the city, […]
‘I’m happy to have her’: How two mothers bonded over gun reform advocacy after the Covenant School shooting
Shaundelle Brooks and Sarah Shoop Neumann bonded after becoming activists for gun reform in Tennessee.
‘I have to be the change that I need to see’: Meet three first-time candidates running for the Tennessee House in 2024
First-time political candidates are often spurred into action by personal experiences. Three new Democratic candidates on the ballot this fall in Tennessee are making the personal political through advocacy and action. Here’s what to know about Shaundelle Brooks, Allie Phillips and Luis Mata.
What We Can Learn in the Aftermath of Gun Violence
In his upcoming book “What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms,” Dr. Jonathan Metzl takes an in depth look at Nashville’s 2018 Waffle House shooting. His work as a psychiatrist, professor and director of Vanderbilt’s Department of Medicine, Health, and Society has informed his research on guns, race and mental health.
Mother of Waffle House shooting victim tries to find hope through her sorrow after the trial
The jury’s decision to convict Travis Reinking of four counts of murder marked an end to a painful chapter. But for the families who lost loved ones, it isn’t over. It won’t ever really be. They still have to live with their grief.
Four years after a man opened fire at a Nashville Waffle House, his trial ends with a life sentence
On Saturday, District Attorney Glenn Funk said the life sentence for 33-year-old Travis Reinking can’t bring the victims back to life or erase the families’ grief, but he believes the conviction and life sentence will deter future shootings.
Attorney in Waffle House shooting case pursues an insanity defense as trial begins in Nashville
In Tennessee, it’s difficult to prove somebody is not guilty by reason of insanity, because the burden of proof is on the defense.
The Waffle House Shooting Highlighted A Loophole In Gun Laws. Nashville Officials Have Been Fighting To Fix It Ever Since.
The case of the man accused of shooting and killing four people in a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 is back in court Thursday.
Waffle House Shooting Settlement Could Mean Changes For Nashville’s Department Of Emergency Communications
The mother of a victim in the 2018 Waffle House shooting is asking Nashville’s Department of Emergency Communications to make some changes to its policies.
Nashville Moves To Settle Lawsuit With Family Of Man Killed In Waffle House Attack
42 seconds. That’s how long it took for a Metro dispatcher to realize a police officer had been sent to the wrong Waffle House on Murfreesboro Pike on April 22, 2018. Moments earlier, authorities say, 29-year-old Travis Reinking had ambushed the restaurant with an AR-15, killing four late-night diners inside.
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