TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 12, 2019

The activist at the center of the fight to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the state Capitol filed papers Monday to challenge Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, in the 2020 democratic primary, the Nashville Post reports. In February during a protest over the Bedford Forrest bust, Jones, 24, was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly throwing a paper cup into an elevator occupied by then-House Speaker Glen Casada. Cooper has served in Congress for nearly three decades.