A man armed with a rifle fatally shot five colleagues on Monday at a bank where he worked, the police said, and wounded eight others while livestreaming the rampage.
Many Black residents were skeptical that policing would improve because of the report, which found many instances of discriminatory behavior and civil rights violations.
The relationships between big cities and rural-dominated legislatures have often been hostile. But a rift between Nashville and the Tennessee Legislature suggests the nation’s partisan divide is making things worse.