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A resolution requesting the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Nashville Fire Department, and Civil Service Commission to review current personnel policies and enact new regulations regarding participation in hate groups and paramilitary gangs as well as the misuse of water cannons and fire hoses.
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WHEREAS, a local government requires the trust of its residents in order to carry out its functions; and
WHEREAS, the actions of local government employees, including the participation in hate groups and paramilitary gangs, undermines trust in a local government; and
WHEREAS, in addition, law enforcement officers and emergency service workers who support or affiliate with hate groups and paramilitary gangs undermine the mission of their agency or department by allying themselves with lawbreakers and by undermining the department's efforts to ensure equitable policing and earn community trust; and
WHEREAS, as used in this resolution, "hate group" means any person or group that advocates, incites, or provides material supports for criminal acts or criminal conspiracies or that promote violence, or unlawful discrimination toward racial, religious, ethnic, sexual, gender, or other groups or classes of individuals; and
WHEREAS, as used in this resolution, "paramilitary gang" means person or group that advocates the overthrow of the U.S. Government or any state, municipality, tribal, or other government by force or violence or any unlawful means including as defined under Tennessee Code Annotated ? 39-17-314; and
WHEREAS, several hate groups and paramilitary gangs actively seek to enlist current and former law enforcement officers and members of the military to benefit from their social credibility and firearms expertise; and
WHEREAS, when law enforcement officers join, support, or advocate for hate groups or paramilitary gangs, they raise questions not only about their own fairness, judgment, and commitment to lawful...
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