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Round 1
In Rutherford County, a 78‑year‑old Murfreesboro man has just won what they say is the largest “sober DUI” settlement in Tennessee to date: to the tune of $90,000 dollars.
David Dutton was pulled over and arrested back in 2023 on suspicion of DUI, but later testing showed no alcohol or drugs in his system, so he sued the county.
Dutton has multiple medical issues, including balance problems and a plate in his neck, which made it hard to perform the roadside sobriety tests.
And Rutherford County chose to settle the lawsuit rather than take it to trial.
But here’s what bothers me the most:
The officers who make these bad calls are almost never the ones who actually suffer the consequences.
Instead, the settlement comes out of public funds, which means the taxpayer gets penalized for someone else’s bad judgment.
With more than 2,500 “sober DUI” arrests in Tennessee since 2017, that’s not just a one‑off mistake—that’s a pattern, and every time it happens, we’re the ones left holding the bill.
Round 2
In Mt. Juliet, 18‑year‑old Lucas Reiter, who goes by Aurora, has been arrested after police say more than 100 political signs were hit in an overnight sign-slashing spree.
Security cameras caught the damage happening, and a license plate reader helped them track the vehicle back to a home, where he admitted to vandalizing the signs.
The damaged signs included Republican campaign signs from candidates such as Joe Pedilla, as well as displays promoting a celebration of America’s 250th birthday.
Many of them were covered in progressive pride imagery and far‑left propaganda stickers.
The Wilson County Republican Party put out a statement saying vandalism like this is an attack on free expression that ought to be settled at the ballot box, not with bolt cutters and sticker packs.
We immediately recognized this guy as an organizers of the high school walkout in Wilson County earlier this year, when students protested ICE and law enforcement outside Green Hill High. (I was there)
During which, he was out waving a “get the [expletive] out you fascist pigs” sign and is now facing felony vandalism over defacing campaign signs.
Come on man… you can't be destroying other people’s signs
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Round 3
In Knoxville, 21-year-old Keyone Berry is facing new charges after a road rage crash escalated into a shoot out.
Officers responded to a report that shots had been fired following a collision involving a black pickup and another vehicle carrying a 76‑year‑old man and a 68‑year‑old woman.
After that initial crash, Berry followed the victims, pulled up alongside their vehicle, and fired multiple rounds, hitting the car at least twice.
The male victim was also armed and fired a single round back before Berry took off from the scene.
Police later found Berry with another adult and two children who were inside the truck at the time of the shooting.
Now he’s charged with aggravated assault and two counts of child endangerment, and officers say he was already out on bond for previous aggravated robbery and aggravated assault charges when this latest incident happened.
Go figure!
That was your daily Tennessee news roundup.
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