TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 27, 2023

Leaders of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP issued a public demand for the release of five Black children taken from their parents after a misdemeanor traffic stop last month. The organization, joined by its local, youth and college chapters, also called for an investigation into all departments involved in removal of the children, Tennessee Lookout reports. Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams were traveling from Georgia to Chicago when they were pulled over in Coffee County for tinted windows and driving in the left-hand lane without passing. During a search of the car, police found five grams of marijuana. Williams was arrested while Clayborne was given a citation and told she could leave. Later, as Clayborne waited to post bond for Williams, DCS took the children from her saying they were “dependent and neglected.” It later amended its court petition to say the children were abused.