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quick thought... March 26th, 2007 - 2:37AM

Joe Guarino: […] “The appointment of David Wray’s successor this week, however, brought to mind yet another Tom Wolfe novel– A Man in Full. It is well known that Greensboro has a strong African-American political power structure, mostly embodied in the Simkins machine.” […] “The chief reports to the city manager, who in turn reports to the city council. The council has been populated by those who have been principals of the Simkins machine or who have sought and obtained its endorsement in the past. It has also been populated by white politicians representing development interests who must do business with this machine in order to get things done; and by liberals who attempt to express political virtue by working with it.” […]

Fec Stench: “Why don’t you put on hoods and set fire to a cross? I might expect this tripe from a dumb redneck, but to have to read it from another carpetbagger really chafes my hide.”

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March 23rd, 2007

Graffiti Friday: The GPD

Over the past 30 years, the Greensboro Police Department has developed a long history of mistrust within the local community:

In 1979, the predominately black and poor Morningside community was left unprotected during a permit enabled, anti-KKK rally that came to be known as the Greensboro Massacre.

Oh yeah, the GPD also had an informant riding shotgun with the Klan during the fatal firefight who reported just the day before that there would be bloodshed.
In 2006, whispers of racism and charges of mismanagement and suspect behavior led to the dismissal/quitting of then police chief, David Wray.
Ever since then lines have been drawn within the community here, with some folk pointing at reverse racism within the local media and city government hiring a shill third-party as the reason for Wray’s dismissal