In response to reports of detainments made in Nashville on Saturday night into Sunday morning, Metro Legal Director Wally Dietz sent a letter to THP requesting the names of those arrested and the charges they are facing.
The Republican governor pushed for some key legislation during a special session early in 2025, which included an immigration bill that his office touted as strengthening the state’s ability to address the removal of violent criminal offenders who are in the U.S. unlawfully.
Chief investigative reporter Jeremy Finley has reported that more than 600 people in Tennessee between 2017 and 2023 were arrested for DUI, but their bloodwork later showed they were completely sober.
“Senate Bill 1166 stems from a year-long investigation by WSMV, by WSMV’s Jeremy Finley, who highlighted folks getting arrested for DUI who are completely sober,” Akbari testified before the committee in April.
Representative Justin Jones and other lawmakers are working to make sure the Safety & Homeland Security is held responsible after a joint operation between the Tennessee Highway Patrol and federal officials led to ICE detainments after 150 traffic stops.
The operation, confirmed by THP leaders, was reportedly done in areas where there is ‘suspected gang activity’ and a ‘history of serious traffic crashes.’
The family of the student killed at Antioch High School is angry tonight after learning that there were multiple red flags about the shooter prior to the shooting.
South Nashville is under a microscope after federal and state agencies carried out the raids, which they claimed were in the interest of public safety.
