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MNPD Officer Andrew Delke's attorney is once again arguing to get his trial moved out of Nashville at a hearing this morning. He's showing a video compilation of news coverage, Tweets and videos from protests this summer. The video ends with this tweet from @nashvillered
Now they're going through @nashvillered's social media to point out how many followers he has and that he is vice chair of the Community Oversight Board.
In a motion, Delke's defense attorney says protests against police killings of Black people this summer, including one that resulted in Nashville's City Hall being lit on fire, show Delke can't get a fair trial here. https://wpln.org/post/nashville-police-officers-murder-trial-is-delayed-yet-again-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/
At the hearing, he's highlighting vandalism of City Hall and chants of Daniel Hambrick's name at protests. As someone who was at those protests, I can say that Hambrick's name occasionally came up but was often overshadowed by George Floyd & other more prominent national names.
In fact, Hambrick's relatives were frustrated that his death received little attention during the protests this summer. One of the teens who organized the largest demonstrations didn't even know who he was. https://wpln.org/post/middle-tennessee-teens-mobilized-thousands-to-protest-george-floyds-death-now-theyre-learning-about-local-killings-by-police/
Prosecutors ask a witness who took photos of vandalism from the May protest if he's aware that demonstrations occurred across the country, some much more intense. He says he is aware. Defense points out protests in no other TN city resulted in a courthouse being set on fire.
In closing, defense shows a photo of hole in the glass door of the Supreme Court building, which he compares to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. "The reason for it is the racial strife and the anti-police sentiment."
