Tony Gonzalez

1 day ago | wpln.org | Tony Gonzalez

As new details were provided Tuesday about immigration-related arrests, Nashville’s mayor expressed concerns about the legality of the traffic stops that have been raising fears in parts of the city. Freddie O’Connell fielded questions from residents on This Is Nashville and said that Metro litigation against the federal government is possible.

2 days ago | wpln.org | Tony Gonzalez

In 2001, Shawn Hatcher was arrested and later sentenced to life in prison for murder. Prosecutors used a Tennessee law to charge him with a crime he says his brother committed. He was 17 years old. The concept of criminal responsibility for conduct of another isn’t particularly new or unheard of. It’s been a part of American common law – the sets of laws inherited from past judicial decisions – since at least the 19th century. And it’s been an official part of Tennessee’s state code for decades.

4 days ago | wpln.org | Tony Gonzalez

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists. The series of storms unleashed tornadoes, strong winds and extreme rainfall in the central Mississippi Valley region from April 3-6 and caused at least 24 deaths.

5 days ago | wpln.org | Tony Gonzalez

The not guilty verdict was still echoing across Memphis as Tyre Nichols’ family and supporters gathered in front of the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday to make sense of the trial’s outcome. Three former Memphis police officers — seen in multiple videos punching and kicking Nichols who had fled on foot from a traffic stop in 2023 — had escaped seven charges apiece, ranging from second degree murder to official misconduct. “Change will come,” said Tyre’s friend, Angelina Paxton.

5 days ago | wpln.org | Tony Gonzalez

A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group was convicted on Wednesday of posting threats to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk after another group member was charged with attacking a downtown bar worker. David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was found guilty by a federal jury in Nashville of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. He faces up to five years in prison at sentencing.