Rosana Hughes

Chattanooga police have taken out arrest warrants for multiple protesters who they say participated in "illegal and dangerous" activities during a Friday evening demonstration.

Activist and Chattanooga City Council candidate Marie Mott, a leader of the local George Floyd protest movement, took to Facebook on Friday morning to admit to removing the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office flag from in front of the downtown jail and then burning it during a protest Thursday evening.

Reginald Arrington Jr., the man struck repeatedly by Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies in May, sustained several injuries as a result, as well as lung and kidney damage from contracting COVID-19 while incarcerated for four weeks at the Silverdale Detention Center, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

A man sued the town of Graysville, Tennessee, last year, alleging that he was arrested on warrants that hadn't been approved by a judge after telling a plain-clothes animal control officer to stop setting cat traps and leave his property.

Deborah Lilly said she felt like she'd been stabbed in the heart when she read the medical examiner's report and learned Tyler Hays, her son, had been shot in the back.

It's been a "roller coaster" for the owners of Shuford's Smokehouse since late last month, when the restaurant faced a wave of social media harassment after it took a nearly $1,000 order to provide food during a rally in support of law enforcement.

In a new seven-page explanation, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is blaming two companies it uses to maintain its dashboard camera footage for a server failure that affected 15 months worth of video.

A day ahead of a Tuesday public call-in session for the department's national law enforcement reaccreditation process, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond is defending his office amid multiple allegations of police brutality and misconduct.

In a new court filing, District Attorney General Neal Pinkston is calling the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office to task for an alleged lack of cooperation with the criminal investigation into former deputy Daniel Wilkey, who faces 44 criminal charges.

A man convicted in 2016 of first-degree murder will get a new trial, this time for second-degree murder, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled last week.

More than 100 people gathered in front of the Chattanooga Police Department's service center Saturday afternoon to show support for law enforcement.

The union representing five Hamilton County sheriff's deputies involved in the May 23 arrest of a Black man in Ooltewah stepped forward Thursday to say the officers did not beat the man.

Of the five Hamilton County sheriff's deputies involved in the May 23 beating of a Black man in Ooltewah, four have separately been involved in prior cases of alleged brutality, including at least two beatings and a deadly shooting.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston has requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to look into the alleged beating of a Black man by Hamilton County sheriff's deputies on May 23.

A Soddy-Daisy police officer under investigation by the FBI, reportedly for beating a handcuffed man in 2019, has asked a federal judge to put a lawsuit against him on hold while the criminal investigation continues.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the photo depicting an HCSO uniformed deputy is deputy Carl Ritchey. Ritchey has been on medical leave since May 28 and his status remains the same, according to a news release sent Monday, June 22.

The Chattanooga Police Department says it has reviewed its policies to meet the "#8CantWait" police reform campaign proposals, though its chief expects more changes may come as conversations continue amid ongoing protests.

The city of Soddy-Daisy and three of its police officers are facing a wrongful death suit accusing the city of negligence after a 74-year-old — allegedly blindfolded — man who suffered from dementia was shot and killed by officers last year after he reportedly pointed an unloaded gun at them.

Since the protests inspired by the death of George Floyd began in Chattanooga on May 30, police have made at least 28 arrests, 25 of which took place during the first three days of the demonstrations, according to Hamilton County court records.

A Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was back on duty less than a week after reportedly shooting and killing a man following a brief pursuit last month.