TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 25, 2022

The Tennessee NAACP is calling for a federal investigation into the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) following a recent incident in which MNPD shared altered body-cam footage with Metro’s Community Oversight Board. “We call on Mayor Cooper and the Metropolitan Nashville Council to invite the U.S. Department of Justice to Nashville for a top-to-bottom review of MNPD practices,” a statement from the group reads according to the Nashville Scene. Beyond the body cam issue, the group also references instances of gender discrimination, sexual assault and harassment within MNPD, as well as alleged surveillance of the oversight board’s director.