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- In this image made from video provided by Delane Gordon, a police officer in Collegedale, Tenn., is seen before he fires a stun gun at Gordon on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Gordon, a food delivery driver, began recording his traffic stop for speeding and asked to see the officer's supervisor. Gordon's attorney, Ryan Wheeler, says Gordon is facing additional charges of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice. Police have so far not identified the officer. (Delane Gordon via AP)
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Video contrasts police depiction of stun gun on Black man
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
Sat,04/02/22-7:48AM , 218 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee police officer who used his stun gun on a DoorDash driver wrote an arrest report saying the man had become argumentative while denying he was speeding, refused to hand over identifying information, demanded to see a supervisor and stayed in his car when ordered to get out.
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- In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, in Morehead, Ky. A federal judge has ruled, Friday, March 18, 2022, that the former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples after she wouldn't issue them marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015. (AP Photo/John Flavell, File)
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Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
Sat,03/19/22-11:16AM , 398 Reads
A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn't issue marriage licenses — a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015.
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- Pastor Aaron Marble stands in front of a mural in the historically black community of North Nashville, Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. The area is being combined into a mostly white congressional district, a move Marble believes will unfairly affect black voters. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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GOP positions to grab left-leaning Nashville in US House map
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
Mon,02/14/22-11:08PM , 538 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Black college students once marched downtown from the north Nashville neighborhood where Aaron Marble preaches, sitting at whites-only lunch counters to fight for civil rights.
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- Shaundelle Brooks weeps while giving her victim impact statement at Justice A.A. Birch Building in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. Jurors are hearing testimony about whether or not to make parole possible after 51 years in prison for Travis Reinking, the man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018. Jurors on Friday rejected Reinking’s insanity defense as they found him guilty on 16 charges, including four counts of first-degree murder. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)
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Waffle House shooter receives life in prison without parole
By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press
Sat,02/05/22-1:11PM , 599 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on Saturday.
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