Two sergeants to be demoted to police officers, 5 officers to receive suspensions, after a 3 month investigation into the shaming of a transgender citizen by the Metro Nashville Police Department.
33-year-old Daniel Cates sat in a Nashville jail from Saturday night, until late Monday morning, with a $500.00 bond. Late Monday morning, his case was dismissed by prosecutors. He had no prior arrest history in Nashville, and wasn’t given pre-trial release. He was charged solely with ‘resisting arrest’, with no other charge to be arrested for. Police say they were dispatched to the AT&T store on West End Avenue, in response to a disorderly person call. Store employees say that Cates had threatened to assault them with a metal sewer…
Officers found injuries on the child’s eye, with notable swelling and bruising, after her 27-year-old father, Laharles Frazier, was arrested on charges of child abuse and assault. Police say he slapped his 2-year-old daughter in the face, and hit her with a NES Switch, which she had accidentally dropped.
