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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — With one week left before the filing deadline, several potential candidates have picked up petitions to run for the Tennessee House District 3 seat vacated by Scotty Campbell. Former state Rep. Timothy Hill is among them. According to local election officials, only one candidate had filed their petition as of […]

Election officials in four counties are preparing for a special primary and general election.

MOUNTAIN CITY — The Johnson County Commission is now tasked with appointing a replacement to fill the Tennessee House seat vacated by Scotty Campbell.

The Johnson County Commission is now tasked with appointing a replacement to fill the seat vacated by former Tennessee lawmaker Scotty Campbell.

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Law, as long as that officer is pulling the individual over in a good-faith basis, the stop is good. >> peter gleason, thank you. dennis root, thank you as well. very helpful as we try to parse out what happened before, during and after this incident. before the gun came out in the shooting death of walter scott, we hear and see police saying taser. the officer says, taser. its a device that is on the hip of more and more police officers these days. so why wasnt it enough to take care of this si...

Called out in that quick of a sequence? ill begin with you, dennis. is that standard operating procedure for an officer to call it out if hes about to deploy the taser? >> absolutely. its one of the fundamental elements of the training programs for the tasers. because of the similarities in look of the taser compared to a firearm, the announcement "taser, taser, taser" lets anyone else in the area, especially if its a law enforcement officer that its not a firearm being pointed at him, that its ...

And in a case where its murder, you can bet every moment is going to be litigated with video in a courtroom. dennis root, if i can bling you in on the issue of both of these officers. theres a second officer who shows up at the scene. and the two of them together are, it seems, processing whats happening. but at the same time, like joey jackson just said, not one of them is rendering aid. and yet their police reports all say the same thing, that cpr was administered and that aid was rendered to ...

Thats so awful, especially that mother -- >> howling there. >> howling. shes in the middle of it all. its just awful. dennis, thank you for your insight as well. very helpful to understand this and such incredible information and so necessary for so many members across the country. we are still watching that picture on the bottom right-hand side of your screen, expecting that live news briefing at the u.s. state department at any moment. possibly two updates here. an update on the terror attac...

Actions with former police officer dennis root who now trains officers in safe arrest tactics. along with me also, hln legal analyst joey jackson and cnn legal analyst danny cevallos. mr. root, if i can ask you right off the bat, these officers -- this has been investigated. these officers are back on the job. its very hard to know the entire picture by seeing that one body cam perspective. but from what youve seen, did you see anything untowards on the part of the officers in this response? >> ...