‘I’ve lived here 17 years and the poverty needle hasn’t budged one bit. We need to try some different things.’
Crime
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Challenge 2015: Julian Miller, District 4
MOST FOLKS know Julian Miller from his five years as recent Public Information Director for the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, an eye-opening job he says inspired him to run […]
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Murray Silver Jr.: The Connect Interview
IN THE MIDDLE of my interview with Murray Silver Jr. at Johnny Harris Restaurant—his self-proclaimed campaign headquarters—the power goes out. “That’s a sign, Jimmy. The lights are going out in […]
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Violence, interrupted
As a denizen of a neighborhood that sees its share of crime but falls in the category of “good”—as in no one gets shot at on a regular basis—I struggle with how to support those who live in troubled communities without coming off as an interloper.
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Editor’s Note: ‘Tell the police I’m Commissioner Shabazz’
As long as voters keep electing and re-electing people like this, they shouldn’t be surprised when the youngest and most impressionable among us continue to lose their way, often in a lethal fashion.
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Editor’s Note: Tybee Mayor says Orange Crush not about race
‘Young college-age people are prone to get in trouble at Spring Break. White kids, black kids, Asian kids, whoever.’
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Editor’s Note: Smooth as a baby’s…..?
While the baby coffin protest dominated the aftermath of Mayor Jackson’s speech, it wasn’t the only political prop used that night.
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Editor’s Note: The Rumble That Roared
LAST FRIDAY was an unusual day in downtown Savannah. The same day TV cameras surrounded former police Chief Willie Lovett as he was sentenced to prison on federal charges, new […]
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Man killed in house on Barnard; roommate says shooting stemmed from robbery
Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a Savannah man “at a house he was renovating on Barnard Street near Victory Drive Friday night,” a police spokesman says. The man […]
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Former chief Lovett sentenced to 7.5 years
Former Savannah/Chatham Metro Police Chief Willie C. Lovett was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison, seven and a half years, for his conviction in gambling and extortion charges. […]
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Editor’s Note: Judging our revolving-door legal system
This is White’s eighth arrest since his early release from state prison in 2013. He has been arrested over a dozen times before by local law enforcement. And that was his second prison term.
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Editor’s Note: To call police? Or not?
Social media debates aside, when does practicality override politics? What do you do in the heat of the moment when someone reaches for a gun under a clear blue sky?