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Walter Searcy

Longtime Nashville Civil Rights Activist Calls Police Officer’s Plea Deal ‘A Win For No One’

Samantha Max

July 9, 2021

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Walter Searcy has been pushing for changes at the Nashville police department for half a century. And he’s been closely following the case of Andrew Delke, the police officer who resigned before taking a plea deal for a lesser charge last week just before his murder trial was set to begin.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, Metro Nashville Police Department, Walter Searcy

Appeal on the Way in Desegregation Lawsuit

Nina Cardona

July 31, 2012

The desegregation lawsuit over Metro School’s zoning plan is not over. The local chapter of the NAACP formally announced today it will appeal a ruling handed down last week.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Brenda Gilmore, desgregation, Meredith Libbey, Metro Schools, NAACP, Spurlock, Walter Searcy

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