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Two executions
Winston-Salem’s Darryl Hunt was in Atlanta speaking out against last night’s execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis: “I truly believe that on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, the United States…
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Greensboro’s controversial commutation case
Mike Huckabee was on Hannity yesterday defending his decision to commute cop killer Maurice Clemmons’ sentence while Huckabee was governor of Arkansas. I think the mainstream media has calmed down…
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Tom Keith: Controversial to the end
No doubt you’ve heard by now that controversial Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith is retiring next week. The Winston-Salem Journal bids him adieu, saying Keith “can be, by turns,…
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W-S police chief: The final four
The finalists for Winston-Salem police chief will meet with the public tonight: The internal candidates are Capt. Alonzo Thompson and Assistant Chief Kevin Leonard. Thompson oversees vice and narcotics detectives.…
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Goodbye Norris, hello……
The Journal takes a quick look at senior WSPD officers who plan to apply for police chief while taking a longer look at outgoing chief Pat Norris’ tenure. Norris had…
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The business of telling people what they want to hear
Pardon us here in Greensboro for believing that if Risk Management Associates investigates the police department, it ain’t good for the police department. Questions remain about RMA’s forthcoming investigation of…
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They’re baaack
The Journal reports: The Winston-Salem City Council voted last night to hire a security-consulting company to audit the police department’s criminal-investigations division an illustration of the long-lasting effects of Darryl…
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Traffic stops and race in Winston-Salem
The Journal does a little investigative reporting and concludes that minority drivers are pulled over by Winston-Salem police for minor traffic offenses at a higher rate than whites. WSJS is…
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What Gatten really thinks about Greensboro
The N&R’s Jeri Rowe follows up his column on Daryl Hunt’s reaction to “The Trials of Daryl Hunt” with an essay in Go Triad! on how “Trials” and the Klan-Nazi…
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Aspiring teacher
More interesting details emerge about Keith Carter, the suspect in the shooting of Officer Howard Plouff: People who know Carter, a student at Winston-Salem State University, said yesterday that news…
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More details from Jonesboro Road
Officer Howard Plouff dies from his wounds. Two men have been arrested, but “detectives have no clear leads or suspects in Plouff’s death.” There are some more interesting details, however.…
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Still living
Daryl Hunt, following the City of Winston-Salem’s apology and announcement of a $1.6 million payment: “Hopefully this can be a healing process for myself and the city…. For me and…