NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Judges of the Davidson County General Sessions Court have requested heightened security from Gov. Bill Lee after “violent” remarks from Rep. Andy Ogles.
In a joint statement and letter to the governor, the judges requested that the state ensure safety and security at the Justice A.A. Birch Courthouse in Nashville.
In the letter to Lee, the judges accused Ogles of endangering elected officials in Davidson County, citing his “irresponsible use of the phrase ‘we are at war’ accompanied by the posting of the individual photographs of General Sessions Court Judges.”
Below is the language Ogles used in the social media post (from Dec. 5, 2025) being flagged by the judges:
BREAKING Meet Muhammad A. Muhammad. He was recently caught allegedly RAPING a woman on the steps of a church on Nolensville Road in Nashville. He is a Somali migrant let in by Obama.
Not only has this man been arrested over a dozen times, but he has had every case, from drugs to indecent exposure to criminal trespass, dismissed.
Every judge and prosecutor who let him off the hook was a DEMOCRAT. As long as local liberals are running things in Middle Tennessee, we are at war. The state should impeach all of the judges. Send the guard to Nashville.
Rod's Comment: When the incident occurred and I learned that the accused had a lengthy criminal record and had been arrested on previous occasions and General Sessions judges dismissed the charges, I too was disgusted. I know that America has a high incarceration rate, but I am of the view that we should take habitual criminals off the street. If men like this perpetrator have mental issues, he should be institutionalized. I think he should not be free to walk the streets because he is incompetent to stand trial.
General Sessions judges have limited authority, however, and I do not know if their rulings were inappropriate or not. Everyone who commits crimes of trespassing or public indecency or public intoxication is not going to become a murdering rapist. If this man has mental issues, deinstitutionalization has been public policy for decades. A single General Sessions judge cannot change such a policy. I think there should be a review process to see if things should have been handled differently. I just don't know if they should have. I don't have the facts. In any event, if one is outraged that this murder occurred and wants to blame it on the previous judges who let this man back out on the streets, General Sessions judges are elected, and one can vote against them.
I condemn Andy Ogles for endangering the lives of our General Sessions judges and using this occasion to stir anti-immigrant passions.
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