Seems a Plane was nearly hikacked in Lebanon!
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Round 1
First, Once again we scooped a story out of Crossville thanks to you guys.
Thursday evening we began hearing rumors about David Wilcox, a teacher from Cumberland County Schools.
The rumors say Wilcox was communicating with students in a discord or other chat, and possibly sending inappropriate messages—the exact content of which are unknown.
Wilcox was the Art teacher who was featured on Libs of TikTok earlier this year after issuing an assignment asking high schoolers their orientation and political ideologies.
Friday morning we reached out to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the School System to confirm these rumors.
About 10 hours later I received a response from the Sheriff, telling me to check their facebook, where they had posted this release.
When the incident earlier this year unfolded, we discovered he had already had a talking to about appropriate behavior with students.
For the ideology assignment, he was given a 2 day suspension and allowed to come back and teach.
When parents approached the board with concerns about the handling of the situation, they were shut down and silenced.
The Sheriff's press release says he has been placed on suspension pending the outcome of the investigation and reminds everyone that the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.
Round 2
Next, Yesterday afternoon Lebanon Police responded to a rather unusual call from the municipal airport
According to a late night press release, a man had made his way to the airport and attempted to enter a RUNNING single engine aircraft
I dont know if he couldnt open the door, if the occupants scared him away, or if he just got distracted by all the pretty lights,
but whatever the reason — he failed
So what does any reasonable person do when they miss their flight?
They hang out in the lounge and wait for the next one
And that's where Lebanon PD found him, chilling on the couch in the pilot's lounge.
When they started questioning him, he reached for an officers pew pew, and they quickly took him into custody.
Shortly after a caller alerted the com center that they had a strange man get in their car and tell them to drive to the airport.
They complied so as not to escalate and police believe that man was the wannabe pilot—Joshua summer, who they also believe to be anything but sober at the time of the incident.
He was booked into the Wilson County jail and may face federal charges because of the involvement of an aircraft.
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Round 3
Last, the ACLU is suing to stop TN's Halo law
No, I'm not talking about the Master Chief
The Halo law they speak of was passed in 2025 as part of the PEACE act proposed to stop "Hate Groups" like those you've seen on Broadway the last few years
Among other things this law created an arbitrary 25 foot "halo" surrounding officers where they could force bystanders to stand outside of
The challenge was filed by the aclu along with several others alleging that since the "occupation of the Memphis safe task force" their clients have experienced some extremely concerning behavior
Pause to read.
There is some precedent that could result in a swift victory for the plaintiffs, but for now, we wait for the State's response.
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