A Nashville police officer stabbed a man in the leg during a scuffle in the restroom at Provence downtown, my colleague James Nix of The City Paper reports. The man had allegedly tried to take the officer's handgun:
Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said officer Marty Crowder, a 23-year-veteran of the force, was using the urinal in the restroom at Provence next to the Main Library at approximately 10 a.m. Friday when James Collier entered the facility, locked the door and approached the officer. Crowder told Collier, 43, to back off. When Collier refused the officer’s order and allegedly attempted to grab the officer’s gun, a scuffle ensued. Crowder pulled a knife from his vest area and stabbed Collier in the upper left leg, Aaron said.“An officer at all costs will work to protect his firearm,” Aaron said, adding that officers are given the option to carry a knife on them and most do.
