Yet another City of Greensboro press release:
A column entitled “Greensboro trying to be the Pyongyang of North America” in the Jan. 15 issue of the Rhino Times has many readers believing that the events depicted in the satirical essay are factual when, in fact, they are not.
The actions of the Greensboro police as written in the article did not occur. The lovely couple from Ireland was never arrested by the officers from the Greensboro Police Department because the couple does not exist. The vignette so eloquently described by Rhino Times Editor-in-Chief John Hammer is a work of fiction.
….Hammer said, “I would like to apologize to the officers in the Greensboro Police Department for any ill will I inadvertently caused. I come in contact with the men and women of the Greensboro Police Department on a regular basis and I have the highest regard for the work they do. Day in and day out they work to keep the rest of us safe, and I appreciate their efforts.”
Love the way the city describes Hammer’s column as an “eloquently described vignette.” Now that’s satire.
Meanwhile the N&R’s Doug Clark offers up his own version of satire regarding a couple of “shabbily dressed” individuals he encounters in the Division of Employment Security office.
