Hearings and Trials
'Our systems are so shattered': Activists vow to push ahead after Tennessee officer's plea deal in Daniel Hambrick killing
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Nashville Tennessean
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Vickie Hambrick is still looking for justice.
She thought she might find it in a Nashville courtroom.
The mother of a man shot dead by police was never going to be the one to decide the fate of her son's killer. That's not how the justice system works.