Early Monday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol posted a photo to their social media of children at the Junior Ranger Camp in Nashville. The photo depicts a line of children with a trooper demonstrating the importance of booster seats and seat belts, while a lone black child faces against a patrol unit in the foreground with his hands behind his back. After backlash on social media, the department quietly removed the photo.
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Teens flee from police in Fusion; one attempts to take an officer’s digits when caught
18-year-old Keymanda Woods was charged with assault of an officer and resisting arrest, and 18-year-old Dantay Campbell was charged with evading arrest after they fled from police in a Ford Fusion and Woods bit an officer while they attempted to take her into custody.
Chopper chases teens in a stolen vehicle from Smyrna to Antioch
18-year-old Treshaun Delucia and Quantaz Carter were charged with theft of property, possession of a weapon, and evading arrest when aviation found them in a stolen car that gave chase through Antioch.
Driver of stolen vehicle arrested on Whites Creek Pike
41-year-old Christopher Morris was charged with theft after he was found by THP driving a stolen vehicle on Whites Creek Pike.
Intoxicated woman found driving through a construction site with urine on her pants
42-year-old Anita Leonard was charged with driving under the influence, 4th offense, after driving through a construction site while intoxicated.
THP Trooper demoted within 20 minutes of filing open records request into fraud allegations of Sergeant
THP Trooper Michael Parker filed a complaint with the state concerning a THP Sergeant that was allegedly falsifying time sheets. He then filed an open records request regarding the inquiry, and was demoted within 20 minutes of filing the request.