Overview

• Metro Nashville police released body‑ and cruiser‑camera footage to the Associated Press on Oct. 1, 2025.
• The video shows officers reacting to an object falling and a broken chair lying near a patrol car outside Chief’s on Broadway.
• Officers say bar security footage and witness statements identified Wallen as the person who threw the chair, and a sergeant handcuffs him after reviewing the video.
• The footage captures Wallen repeatedly denying involvement, making apologetic remarks, and calling co‑owner Eric Church as officers state they must treat him like anyone else.
• Wallen pleaded guilty in December 2024 to two misdemeanor reckless‑endangerment counts, received seven days in a DUI education center and two years of supervised probation, and no new charges have been announced.