Chief: Tennessee officers broke down door of innocent family Three white Tennessee police officers have had their police powers suspended after they broke down the door of an innocent Black family early Tuesday morningNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Three white Tennessee police officers have had their police powers suspended after they broke down the door of an innocent Black family early Tuesday morning. Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake ordered a full investigation of the incident by the department's Office of Professional Accountability. He said the family should have been given more time to answer the door and officers did not exercise due diligence in confirming that the person they were looking for lived at the apartment. “No innocent family in Nashville, anywhere, should be subjected to what the mother and her two children went through on Tuesday morning,” Drake said in a news release. “They were awakened by a team of officers who banged on their door and ultimately knocked it in with a ram."

Source: ABC News August 20, 2020 15:01 UTC