Anger from Hambrick s family continues as former MNPD officer gets three-year sentence
Protesters gather outside the home of DA Glenn Funk
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and last updated 2021-07-10 22:13:30-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â The family of a man shot and killed by a Metro Police officer continue their calls for justice.
Saturday evening, the family joined a few protesters outside of the home of District Attorney Glenn Funk, expressing their anger against him through a bullhorn.
Protesters are calling for Funk to be voted out of office next year.
Hambrickâs mom tells us the DA never asked them if they would be okay with a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter, instead of what would have been a trial on first degree murder charges.
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A Tennessee bill would create harsher penalties for protesters while offering immunity to some drivers if they unintentionally injure a protester. This legislation promotes law and order and protects Tennessee communities against violence by safeguarding public roadways and increasing penalties for those who commit these reprehensible acts against innocent people, Republican state Rep. Ron M. Gant said. These senseless acts have no place in a civil society.
State lawmakers will discuss the legislation, House Bill 513, on Tuesday, which Gant and other sponsors say is needed to prevent violence.
The legislation would also increase the penalty against protesters who block a roadway, making it a Class E felony, which carries up to six years in prison.
The protesters were right. George Floyd was murdered and racism is the context.
There are many proposals already in our Nashville community to help us move forward with accountability and justice, which are necessary precursors to reconciling around common values.
Here is another one: dismiss all charges against the protesters who were arrested.
Last summer during the movement of numerous protests around the country, nearly 200 arrests were made in Nashville at the People’s Plaza.
In General Sessions court on November 12, out of 156 cases, all but 20 people had their cases dismissed.
The Tennessean reported, “The dismissed charges were mostly non violent misdemeanors: criminal trespassing or resisting arrest charges, disorderly conduct complaints or allegations of vandalism connected to chalk graffiti on government-owned buildings and spaces.”
Nashville is no stranger to police brutality protests.
In recent years, people have marched in the streets and camped outside the halls of power. They carried signs, shouted chants and disrupted the order of the day. Protesters then and still do want people to pay attention to the problem and the trauma, and they want change.
The majority of protests in Nashville occur without incident although the city saw an exception last year. Pastors, a protest leader and police shared their thoughts on why most demonstrations in the city tend to be peaceful.
Pastor Kelli X, who leads The Village Church, said everyone in Nashville is connected to someone. The connectedness of the city creates space for peace, she said.
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