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An employee of the non-violence group Gideon's Army faces a likely four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to firearms charges stemming from his role in a shootout in a North Nashville neighborhood.
The controversial Nashville non-violence group Gideon's Army appears to be in damage control following a NewsChannel 5 investigation, even apologizing for a racial slur directed against the respected head of Meharry Medical College.
Gideon’s Army will not automatically receive the $1 million that the group had lobbied the Metro Council to include in this year’s budget for violence interruption.
Director of Crime Lab explains evidence behind community-based solutions to gun violence
Law enforcement community and our department of violence prevention which brings forth different resources around violence intervention, violence interruption and street outreach. we need to reach those that continue to pick up firearms, but, you know, most difficultly they continue to use those firearms in our community to take people's lives. it really is going to take those that care about people in our community, those that have loved ones that continue to utilize firearms and those that have been victimized, people who have experienced tragedies to come together and say we need to stop th...