Tennessee Court Overturns Convictions and Approves New Trial for Black Man After All-White Jury Deliberated In Room Festooned with Confederate Symbolism
A Black man will have a second chance at a fair trial after a Tennessee appeals court overturned his 2020 convictions. Tim Gilbert was found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment, unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting arrest after a 2018 domestic incident that occurred on Christmas Eve. In the spring of 2019 he was…
