A REMARKABLE MEMOIR by a former Savannah-Chatham cop has become the hottest local read of the summer. Black Sheep White Cop: Savannah EXPOsed, is grippingly written by Kevin Grogan, a […]
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Editor’s Note: When bullets, and panic, fly
The temptation to freak out about all this violence, as many are doing, is understandable. A certain amount of angry passion will be necessary to focus political and public will to address the problem. But now more than ever it’s important to keep a cool head.
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Let the first act of Savannah’s future be to #SupportSemaj
From the two-dimensional world of internet news, it’s a story of heart-wrenching ironies: The non-violent youth advocate shot by criminal youth. But the most astounding twist is that after experiencing the worst of Savannah hospitality, Semaj wants to stay here.
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Editor’s Note: The Mother Of All Lawsuits
Because of the remarkable scope of the lawsuit—four plaintiffs, 15 defendants, and a narrative going back to the mid-‘90s—it has potential to be the Rosetta Stone, the Holy Grail, linking the days of the Jivens crime syndicate and today’s Willie Lovett-era police corruption.
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Challenge 2015: Kim Dulek, District 3
IT MAY NOT be Savannah’s most glamorous sector, but District 3 has a lot of things going for it: A bustling commercial corridor, diverse neighborhoods and lots of greenspace. It […]
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Bugg Blow tells it like it is
We talk a bit about how deeply rooted the dysfunction is and how ‘everyone’ knew former police chief and recent convicted felon Willie Lovett helped along the cycle.
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Don’t shoot the messengers
Politically correct lip service isn’t the same thing as working towards diminishing the disparity between the cultural privilege afforded America’s white citizens and its people of color. In Savannah, there is opportunity every day to bridge that gap.