There has been a string of violent incidents in the city of Greensboro during recent weeks. One of these was a particularly high profile incident downtown. The city tends to respond much more quickly when bad things happen downtown. The City Manager, Trey Davis, is trying to make it appear […]
Tag: Crime and Policing
9 Injured During Mass Shooting In Greensboro
The setting was a strip shopping center on Gate City Boulevard (formerly High Point Rd.). There were no fatalities reported. Some of those involved were minors. The mayor says the incident has “shaken the community”. These types of incidents, however, have historically not been enough to convince our local elected […]
Brazen Misrepresentation
Whatley is not going to beat Cooper on the crime issue. But he must have felt some pressure, because he put out this ad that represents mistruth because it does not tell the whole truth: (HT: Carolina Plott Hound) There's nothing political about keeping your family safe. pic.twitter.com/LC6avxluF3 — Roy […]
Britain On Its Last Legs Culturally
City Of Greensboro LGBTQ, Spoils System Emphases Revealed
A couple of recent items caught my attention about our beloved city of Greensboro. Our city government has been LGBTQ-friendly at least since the time of former Mayor Keith Holliday two decades ago. However, we learn that the city is recruiting for its LGBTQ Task Force; and also that its […]
The Henry Nowak Murder
This was almost a mirror image of the George Floyd incident, with some differences. Nowak was not killed by overdose, but was rather killed by a Sikh ethnic minority. The theme of such ethnic minorities with roots in other countries victimizing whites continues. And there was real police negligence: "This […]
Civil Lawsuits Against Lenient Judges
This would be a great remedy for what we have been witnessing. Legislatures rarely (read: almost never) use impeachment, so we need another alternative:
Why Are There Less Retail Businesses In East Greensboro?
It has long been a grievance locally that east Greensboro does not have many grocery stores and other retail establishments. Here is a discussion regarding similar circumstances in Chicago; and you will see why we refer to Greensboro as “little Chicago”:
Pressure To Hire A Black Female Police Chief
It was very interesting there was an article in the News and Record that highlighted an “activist” advocating that the city of Greensboro hire Assistant Chief Stephanie Mardis, a black female, to be the new police chief. Then there was an article covering a protest attended by 80 people advocating […]
J.D. On Roy Cooper and Charlotte Light Rail Victim
WATCH: VP @JDVance slams Roy Cooper's hypocrisy and deadly soft-on-crime policies: "You hear the passion in his voice when he talks about sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the war in Ukraine, and yet, the one Ukrainian Roy Cooper didn't care about was an innocent girl,… pic.twitter.com/AyqUhFSzQF — Whatley […]