👮 MNPD whistleblower arrested

👮 MNPD Whistleblower Arrested

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested Metro Nashville police whistleblower Lt. Garet Davidson Tuesday night and indicted him for stealing documents related to the Covenant School shooting. [WPLN]

• Last year, Davidson released a complaint accusing the MNPD of working with the state to abolish the city’s Community Oversight Board. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🪖 Military Training Deferred

At Tuesday’s Metro Council meeting, Councilmember Joy Kimbrough successfully deferred a planned military training exercise in Bordeaux, and Councilmember Tasha Ellis filed a resolution calling on the mayor’s office to investigate management at the city’s Department of Emergency Communications. [Nashville Banner]

• 911 employees describe poor working conditions and mismanagement [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🚨 Metro Knew About ICE Activity

Metro legal director Wally Dietz has revealed that the Metro Nashville Police Department knew about the planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Antioch days before it happened. In a call to Metro’s Department of Emergency Communications on May 1, a federal agent requested additional MNPD patrols. [Nashville Scene]

• People in Antioch report being terrified of ICE activity. [Nashville Banner]
• How to help [Nashville Banner]

🏇 It’s Steeplechase Time!

Get your hats ready, because the 84th annual Iroquois Steeplechase is happening this Saturday at Percy Warner Park, raising vital funds for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Fashion stylist and editor Milton White is on the City Cast Nashville podcast, walking us through the event’s high fashion and high drama. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

Mother’s Day is this Sunday! If you’re scrambling for ideas on how to spend the day celebrating the mom in your life, here are some ideas, from park excursions to art fairs. Sending lots of love to all the Nashville moms out there, and if this day is hard for you, I’m sending you love, too 🫶

🌺 For Gardening Moms

• Give her a gift card to one of our local garden centers.
• Take her to Cheekwood, which is having a summer annual plant sale. Plus, enchanted castles for the kids and plenty of food trucks!
• Spend a day at The Land in Kingston Springs, with plants at Simple Joy Nursery, nature-themed gifts at Wonder Gift and Garden, and an excellent spread at The Yorkshire Deli, including high tea if you reserve a spot.
• Let her shop online at Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary’s spring native plant sale.

🍽️ For Foodie Moms

• Check out one of our favorite new restaurants.
• Take her to Union Station Hotel for a Mother’s Day brunch and spring market.
• Enjoy a full brunch buffet with live music at City Winery.
• Have high tea at White Limozeen.
• Head to Frankies in East Nashville for a special team-up with the Curry Boys.

📚 For Bookish Moms

• Take her on an independent bookstore crawl, or go to a new-to-her bookstore.
• Go to Parnassus Books for some bookish swag (I love their sock selection!), plus a new book. If you need a book rec, email me by Friday! Or ask the staff.

🎨 For Creative Moms

• Head to the Hendersonville Arts Festival.
• Go to Family Sunday at the Frist Art Museum. Tickets are only $10 on Sunday, and kids are always free.
• Take her shopping at Turnip Green Creative Reuse.
• Visit the Tennessee Renaissance Festival, which will have lots of cool vendors.

⚾ For Sporty Moms

• It’s Sunday Family Fun Day at First Horizon Park as the Nashville Sounds faceoff with the Norfolk Tides.
• Get swag from her favorite local team!

🥾 For Outdoorsy Moms

• Take her to one of our state parks; several have Mother’s Day specials!
• Last year my spouse and daughter surprised me with a trip to Bernheim Forest and Arboretum in Kentucky to see the forest giants, which you might remember from Cheekwood last summer.
• Head to a waterfall.