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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 12, 2024

The Nashville NAACP has written an open letter to Mayor Freddie O’Connell, demanding a meeting to discuss the city's current situation involving the Nashville Community Review Board, a civilian police watchdog agency. The NAACP and National Action Network (NAN) said it released the letter after learning of a complaint filed by retired Lt. Garet Davidson, in which he alleged that high-ranking Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers helped lobby legislators behind closed doors to get a state bill passed to reduce the power of civilian oversight boards. He also alleged that officer discipline measures were not carried out, preferential treatment was shown towards higher ranking officers, and a zero-tolerance sexual harassment policy was not followed. WZTV has the news.