Up Interstate 85/40 in Greensboro —- an offshoot of the Pulpit Forum is demanding the City of Greensboro delay the hiring of a new police chief. The group is “asking the city to ask for a formal U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the police department, something also requested by the state NAACP and the Pulpit Forum in May.”
Quite the situation the city finds itself in. City Manager Rashad Young is already taking heat for not properly vetting finalist Lisa Womack. I think it’s fair to say that Womack is now out of the running, which leaves the city with only one choice —Charlotte-Mecklenburg deputy chief Kenneth Miller. If the city decides Miller is not the man for the job, then the search will start all over again.
No matter the reason for starting search over again, doing so will give the Pulpit Forum a sense of power. If Miller is hired, then he’ll have the Pulpit Forum all over him from the get-go.
It’s a mess.
