{"id":80725,"date":"2025-12-25T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80725\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:38:04","slug":"bodycam-footage-shows-cop-shoving-trooper-escorting-tennessee-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80725\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam footage shows cop shoving trooper escorting Tennessee House speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Body camera footage captures a clash between a Nashville police officer and a plainclothes Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was pulled over while escorting a prominent politician.<\/p>\n<p>The trooper was escorting state House Speaker Cameron Sexton in a black SUV in October when an unmarked Metro Nashville Police Department officer attempted to stop the vehicle for allegedly traveling 85 mph in a 55 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7eZ6Sm0i9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Video shows<\/a> the SUV activating its blue emergency lights to signal it was part of a protection detail, but the MNPD officer drove alongside the detail and yelled for the vehicle to pull over.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Sexton\u2019s detail pulled to the side of the road, and the trooper exited the SUV and approached the officer to identify himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet over here,\u201d the MNPD officer shouted through the noise of the busy freeway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Highway Patrol!\u201d the trooper replied, before being pushed away by the officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care who you are!\u201d the officer snapped back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet your freakin\u2019 hands off me,\u201d the trooper shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you touch me again, I\u2019m going to lock you up, my friend,\u201d the officer threatened.<\/p>\n<p>The trooper then showed his badge and explained that he was escorting Sexton.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, attends Ag Day on the Hill on March 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got the Tennessee House Speaker in the car, and we\u2019re moving,\u201d the trooper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you\u2019re not. Let me see your ID,\u201d the officer replied.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, tensions flared again as the trooper stepped out of the SUV and was shoved by the officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to run 85 mph in a 55 mph zone, you need to yield to police,\u201d the officer said. \u201cI don\u2019t care who you think you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the police!\u201d the trooper replied.<\/p>\n<p>The trooper was escorting state House Speaker Cameron Sexton in a black SUV in October when an unmarked Metro Nashville Police Department officer stopped the vehicle. Metropolitan Nashville Government<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the police are trying to stop you because you\u2019re breaking the law,\u201d the officer shot back. \u201cWhat\u2019s your problem, dude?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trooper said he had activated his blue lights and provided the officer with his badge number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got business to take care of. We\u2019ve got places to go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see about that, my friend,\u201d the officer said, before the two parted ways.<\/p>\n<p>Following the encounter, Sexton\u2019s chief of staff, Kevin Johnson, filed a Citizen Complaint Report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/local-news\/nashville\/body-cam-shows-tense-moments-between-mnpd-officer-thp-trooper-amid-speaker-sexton-dignitary-detail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WKRN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The trooper said he had activated his blue lights and provided the officer with his badge number. Metropolitan Nashville Government<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Sexton later said the MNPD officer\u2019s actions were \u201coverzealous\u201d and \u201cjeopardized the safety of Speaker Sexton and THP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no violation of traffic laws by the THP officer pursuant to state law. In today\u2019s climate of political violence, the job of executive protection is more difficult than ever,\u201d Sexton\u2019s office said in a statement to WKRN.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the trooper repeatedly identified himself and attempted to show his badge but was physically confronted twice, while remaining restrained throughout the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>However, an internal Metro Police investigation cleared the officer, concluding his actions were reasonable and in line with department policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Highway Patrol later said it \u201cmaintains a collaborative working relationship with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department built on mutual respect and shared professionalism, and we\u2019re proud of the work our agencies accomplish together to keep Tennesseans safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Body camera footage captures a clash between a Nashville police officer and a plainclothes Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17873,9,11,10,104,25966,287,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-80725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-nashville","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-police","13":"tag-police-body-cameras","14":"tag-tennessee","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}