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A People’s timeline: The last 4 years of “criminal justice reform” in Nashville (thread):
In 2016 a coalition consisting of @gideonsarmyunited @NoExceptionsPr1 @nashnaacp and other Black-led groups released a 200-page document called the Driving While Black (DWB) Report. Read the report here: …https://drivingwhileblacknashville.wordpress.com/summary-booklet/
2 out of the 12 key findings were:
- Between 2011-2015, MNPD conducted 7.7x more traffic stops annually than the U.S. national average.
- Between 2011-2015, MNPD stopped more Black people than there were Black people 16 years old and over living in Davidson County.
- Between 2011-2015, MNPD conducted 7.7x more traffic stops annually than the U.S. national average.
- Between 2011-2015, MNPD stopped more Black people than there were Black people 16 years old and over living in Davidson County.
In addition to the findings, the community delivered demands aimed at remedying the racial bias in MNPD.
The establishment of a civilian oversight board was among the demands.
The establishment of a civilian oversight board was among the demands.
Chief Anderson and other police leadership discredits the report.
(Note: this is a normal racist response to Black people) https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/03/07/nashville-police-chief-slams-racial-profiling-report-morally-disingenuous/98856754/
(Note: this is a normal racist response to Black people) https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/03/07/nashville-police-chief-slams-racial-profiling-report-morally-disingenuous/98856754/
February 10, 2017 - Metro Nashville Police Officer Josh Lippert murders Jocques Clemons. #justiceforjocques #longlivejocques
We still need justice. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/10/14/nashville-police-officer-josh-lippert-who-shot-jocques-clemmons-resigns-mnpd-reports/3980198002/
We still need justice. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/10/14/nashville-police-officer-josh-lippert-who-shot-jocques-clemmons-resigns-mnpd-reports/3980198002/
2017 - @OversightNow, a grassroots group dedicated to establishing civilian oversight of police, is formed.
July 2017 - Megan Barry contracts the @policingproject @nyulaw to replicate the Driving While Black Report.
(Note: another typical racist response to Black people) https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/20867903/barry-administration-leans-toward-collaboration-with-nyus-policing-project
(Note: another typical racist response to Black people) https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/20867903/barry-administration-leans-toward-collaboration-with-nyus-policing-project
July 28, 2018 - Metro Nashville Police Officer Andrew Delke murders Daniel Hambrick during a traffic stop. #justicefordandan
Delke’s first court date is February 15, 2021. Show up and show out. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/the-community-remembering-daniel-hambrick-two-years-after-his-death
Delke’s first court date is February 15, 2021. Show up and show out. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/the-community-remembering-daniel-hambrick-two-years-after-his-death
November 19, 2018 - Policing Project confirms the Driving While Black Report’s findings. https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2018/12/14/driving-while-black-policing-project-affirmed-what-gideons-army-said/2296140002/
After tirelessly organizing the people, @OversightNow wins in landslide fashion. 60%+ of Nashville votes yes to amendment 1, in turn creating @MNCONashville https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/tn-elections/2018/11/06/nashville-amendment-1-police-oversight-board-appears-track-passage/1734253002/
January 22, 2019 - After a rigorous application process, City Council chooses Community Oversight Board members. My interview can be found on YouTube. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/01/23/nashville-police-community-oversight-board-who-11-members/2655942002/
2019 - 2020 MNPD constantly limits the ability to hold officers accountable and review current policies by denying records request. https://wpln.org/post/as-nashvilles-community-oversight-board-starts-investigating-police-deny-records-requests/
August 14, 2020 - @JohnCooper4Nash creates a 40 person board with responsibilities mirroring @MNCONashville. Very similar to Barry’s response to the findings of the Driving While Black Report. https://www.nashville.gov/News-Media/News-Article/ID/10079/Nashville-Mayor-John-Cooper-Announces-Policing-Policy-Commission-to-Make-Nashville-a-Model-of-21st-Century-Policing.aspx
Nashville is locked in a harmful cycle of inaction, distraction, disillusionment.
It will take organizing to radical interrupt Nashville’s cycle of harming our people.
Visit http://bit.ly/615BNA to register for the Black Nashville Assembly.
Visit http://bit.ly/615BNA to register for the Black Nashville Assembly.
It will take organizing to radically interrupt Nashville’s cycle of harming our people.
Visit http://bit.ly/615BNA to register for the Black Nashville Assembly.
Visit http://bit.ly/615BNA to register for the Black Nashville Assembly.
