TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 22, 2023

For more than a year, allegations that local police protected a well-known businessman accused in multiple sexual assaults — or incompetently bungled their investigation into allegations against him — have gripped Johnson City. Local advocates have taken to the streets demanding reform, a special U.S. attorney has filed a federal lawsuit, alleged victims have hired a California law firm, and city officials have secured an outside consultant to determine whether the police department’s actions “were inconsistent with acceptable practice of law enforcement.” Read more about the case from Tennessee Lookout.