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Delke encountered Hambrick in a North Nashville parking lot shortly after an attempted traffic stop. Delke, who resigned from the department Thursday, had long maintained his innocence. He and his lawyers have argued he shot in self defense after he saw Hambrick, 25, holding a gun. Investigators found a gun near Hambrick s body, but surveillance footage preserved from the scene does not show Hambrick turning or aiming. Murphy is sad and hurt. The plea deal, she said, changes nothing. In the meantime, MNPD continues to kill people and there’s no accountability about that, Murphy said. The plea deal is an utter, total miscarriage of justice, said the Rev. Davie Tucker, Jr., the vice president of the Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship. The historically Black social justice group of preachers and concerned citizens has repeatedly called for police reforms. ....
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Slavery Has Never Been Abolished in the United States. In Tennessee, It Could Be Soon. Mar 03, 2021 at 11:00 am by Brendon Donoho In a previous column in support of State Sen. Raumesh Akbari’s bill to abolish slavery in the state of Tennessee, I gave my best attempt at a description of America’s remaining and thriving slave labor industry. I’ve attempted to expand on this description here, but I still recommend that those who are seeking more information seek out the mountains of academic work on the topic, particularly that of BIPOC authors and researchers. While an understanding of what Michelle Alexander dubbed “The New Jim Crow” in her brilliant book of the same name is more prevalent today, the mechanics of just how it works and to what scale are often still obscure to the average citizen. ....
Courtesy LeXander BRYANT/Black Nashville Assembly hide caption toggle caption Courtesy LeXander BRYANT/Black Nashville Assembly Mike Floss spins music at a Black Nashville Assembly meeting. The group is trying to organize people to be more engaged politically. Courtesy LeXander BRYANT/Black Nashville Assembly Some organizers in Nashville, Tenn., are working to strengthen local Black political power. Last summer, the city s majority Democratic council rejected more than seven hours of pleas to decrease police funding. Every politician in Nashville is supposedly progressive yet we have a hard time getting our points of view even heard, organizer Theeda Murphy says. The Black Nashville Assembly wants to create an agenda that ensures the government doesn t create barriers for Black people s progress. They re riding a momentum sparked by Georgia flipping blue and using a legacy of strategies from people-driv ....
Tweet Share Rising comedian Josh Black has set his sights on Scoop: Nashville, the local outlet most notorious for posting mugshots of recent and embarrassing arrests. Black also takes aim at the siteâs founder, Jason Steen, for recent disparaging comments made about Black women activists â and in response, Steen posted a since-deleted tweet that he would restart the practice of publishing victims names and addresses. âFor some reason, Scoop: Nashville likes to attack poor and working class people,â says Black in the opening of a new video, citing the mugshot-shaming that grew the websiteâs brand. He adds that the website especially targets Black people, people experiencing homelessness and those struggling with substance abuse. âHeâs consciously assisting in the mass incarceration of Black people.â ....