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While no contenders have stepped forward, activists are calling for change

Protest held pushing for criminal justice reform in downtown Nashville WTVF and last updated 2021-07-11 20:18:53-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — On Sunday afternoon, a group of people gathered outside the Justice A.A. Birch Building demanding criminal justice reform. "The Together Movement" and "Pounding 4 Change" hosted this rally. It started at 2:33 p.m. They tell us they chose this start time because those numbers add up to 8 and in the Bible, that represents a new beginning. It's what they want to see in Nashville. "We are not against the police, we are against bad policing," said Pasto...

Anger from Hambrick's family continues as former MNPD officer gets three-year sentence Protesters gather outside the home of DA Glenn Funk WTVF and last updated 2021-07-10 22:13:30-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The family of a man shot and killed by a Metro Police officer continue their calls for justice. Saturday evening, the family joined a few protesters outside of the home of District Attorney Glenn Funk, expressing their anger against him through a bullhorn. Protesters are calling for Funk to be voted out of office next year. Hambrick’s mom tells us the DA never asked them if th...

A week ago, as former Metro police Officer Andrew Delke was about to go to trial for the fatal 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick, Delke's attorney David Raybin and Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk appeared in court to announce that they’d reached a plea agreement. The deal — which saw Delke plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and accept a three-year sentence of which he's likely to serve about half — outraged Hambrick’s family and many in the community who saw it as an example of the system’s disregard for Black people.  But it turns out that years be...

Andrew Delke plea deal stark reminder of unjust treatment of Black people LeBron Hill, Nashville Tennessean © Josie Norris / The Tennessean Sam Hambrick, III, speaks during a press conference held by the family of Daniel Hambrick outside the NAACP offices in Nashville, Tenn, on Friday, July 2, 2021. Greetings, readers: Delke, the first Nashville police officer to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting, will serve three years in prison as part of his plea deal. Rasheedat Fetuga, founder, president and CEO of Gideon’s Army, believes this outcome is yet another exa...