Content warning: gun violence, police brutality, and suicide
Almost ten years ago, an unarmed Black seventeen year old in Sanford, Fla., was walking home from a convenience store, talking on his cellphone,...
It has been 18 days since George Floyd died in police custody after being pinned down by four white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Floyd was just 46.
Since then, hundreds of protests...
In the wake of another string of police brutality incidents, thousands gathered in Nashville on Saturday for the “I Will Breathe” rally. The event was organized by activists Hammid Abdullah and Venita...
Qualified immunity is a vague doctrine that prevents police officers from going to trial unless a “clearly established law” has been broken or it has been broken not in “good faith” by someone who is “knowingly incompetent”.
This past November, citizens voted on six proposed amendments to the Nashville-Davidson County Metropolitan Charter. Garnering the most attention, Amendment One proposed a civilian-staffed Community Oversight...
As Nashvillians took to the polls during the 2018 midterm elections, they were voting for more than just their next representatives. The ballot also featured several proposed amendments to the Metropolitan...
