Is Soros Money Floating Behind the Push For a Civilian ‘Police Oversight Board’ in Nashville?
Internal documents from George Soros’ Open Society Foundation (OSF) and an admission from an OSF representative about their grants addressing “police brutality,” should leave no one surprised that Soros money is floating behind the push in Nashville to establish a civilian oversight board.
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Community Oversight Nashville,” (the Coalition), is the coalition which succeeded in bringing the question of a civilian community oversight board to a referendum. On November 6, 2018, Davidson County voters will decide whether to permanently embed the police oversight board into the governing charter. According to the “Vote No” campaign, this board would require a $10 million dollar tax hike over the next five years to pay for the $1.5 million dollar annual expenditure required by “Amendment #1” on the ballot.
If the police oversight board initiative referred to as “Amendment #1” is passed, civilians appointed by Metro Council members would have broad authority to investigate and punish Metro Nashville police officers.
Opponents of the initiative point out that at least eight layers of bureaucracy which include both civilians and government officials, are already in place to hold MNPD officers accountable.
Organizations that have joined the Coalition and others that support passage of “Amendment #1” have either been direct or indirect recipients of Soros funding.
The TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC)
each received grants from the Proteus Fund, itself a recipient of millions of dollars from Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF). The grants to the two Tennessee organizations were made through the Proteus “
Security & Collaborative Rights” (SCR) initiative.
AMAC has
declared itself a partner of the Coalition, pressing for the Nashville police oversight board.
During a breakout session in the 2016 “We the People” immigration conference held in Nashville and hosted by TIRRC, a representative from OSF
admitted that they were already addressing “police brutality” through OSF grant programs.
Soros money has also been funneled to both chapters and the parent organizations of Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) and Black Lives Matter (BLM). The Nashville chapters of both groups are listed
members of the police oversight Coalition.
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Is Soros Money Floating Behind the Push For a Civilian ‘Police Oversight Board’ in Nashville?