Jackson Free Press

Sheriff Malcolm McMillin, now doubling as chief of the Jackson Police Department, has just confirmed to Adam Lynch of the Jackson Free Press that he has named Lee Vance as his assistant chief and second in line to the chief.

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97072

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Thats great two independent thinking men, but whats does Frank gets out of all of this, a second wave of support for his second mayors term from the Northeast Jacksonians. This is not as cut and dry as it seems somebody's getting the short end of the stick and i think it will be the citizens, Whites get to keep their safe streets and control over a booming downtown and blacks get to keep its black super Hero Frank melton.

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NewJackson

Date

2007-11-19T14:27:52-06:00

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97073

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NewJack, I can't *imagine* that any Jacksonian would be dumb, or dense, enough to give Melton any credit for either appointing McMillin in desperation or for anything positive that he does. Please tell me that Jackson isn't *that* gullible. That's almost worse than voting for Melton in the first place. At least there was an excuse then, considering the many years of media coverup on behalf of Melton. Now, they got nothin' and nowhere to hide.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-19T14:30:43-06:00

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97074

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This is good news. Lee vance is a good officer, spokesman, leader and a man, to boot. What's up with Recio though? I won't be happy until Officer Show Business is re-hired and allowed to serve in some capacity. He was the first officer to publicly say, "Frank for the last ... time you're not a trained police officer! That was prophetic and needed saying from within. Lee and Mac, be good leaders and bring back the producer, casting agent, script writer, camera man and police officer.

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Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-19T14:43:14-06:00

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97075

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Safe streets are good for all. It doesn't matter what color or gender you are, or what kind of cheese you eat. This could be a great move.

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Lady Havoc

Date

2007-11-19T14:43:21-06:00

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97076

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I forgot to add that Officer Show Business is also a very fine actor. Maybe as No. 2 Lee Vance can avoid dealing directly with Frank which makes McMillan possibly an intermediary also between Frank and likely the guy who will be really running the police department, Lee Vance. Lee Vance may need someone to stand in the way between he and Frank because Lee is probably secretly harboring great hatred for Frank for making his beloved JPD a mockey and laughing stock of Mississippi. Not to mention what Frank did to Shirlene's image, reputation and career. She ought to slap Frank's face before exiting.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-19T15:01:22-06:00

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97077

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I wonder if they got an AG's opinion before undertaking this??

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chrisk

Date

2007-11-19T15:27:22-06:00

ID

97078

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Shirlene did her job in Meridian earlier this year. By lying on the stand and saying those other MBN agents were not good officers, she saved Melton a few million dollars. And, I think we all know now that Melton is not as rich as he likes everyone to think. Now will she still do her part and protect him from the FBI?

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pikersam

Date

2007-11-19T15:30:00-06:00

ID

97079

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What iam mad about is Dale danks, what in the hell is his bigot butt doing meddling in city biuseness, hes franks attorney not the city of jackson. Iam pissed off and the news goes to him and ask him a question and then they calls him by the title of franks attorney, Franks attorney dosen't speak for the city he speaks for frank and franks personal and legal issues. Dale danks is the real mayor as long as he let frank play cop and gets him off. I got it Yall dale danks is behind this all the center piece and the go between. Dale hold the hand on one side with the white power structure and frank links him to the blacks

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NewJackson

Date

2007-11-19T15:45:56-06:00

ID

97080

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Why does it always have to be black vs. white? Good grief! Why can't it be the intelligent people vs. the stupid people?

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Lady Havoc

Date

2007-11-19T16:18:41-06:00

ID

97081

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Why does it always have to be black vs. white? It doesn't. But sometimes it is. Especially when certain white folks don't want to lose their dominant position. Or live near black people. Being willing to discuss race dynamics does not mean that it is "always" about race. Never wanting to talk about race dynamics means denial.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-19T16:20:56-06:00

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97082

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Never mind me. I'm from a different part of the country. :)

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Lady Havoc

Date

2007-11-19T16:31:12-06:00

ID

97083

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Lady, for what it's worth, this is a question black folks have asked for nearly 400 years since coming to America. When whites ask it after black rule or control for a few years it just doesn't do anything for me. I'm amazed that when I read accounts of incidents happening scores and centuries ago that some black persons were asking the same questions that I ask today - why is rank, abject and benign racism so prevalent now or was ever necessary. Some things never change or they change very slowly. Lady we have a place in Mississippi called the Delta where black folks were a majority in many places for years but lost all the elections due to violence, fraud, trickery, laws and a laundry list of evil and illegal acts and deeds to preserve white rule. It was all about race, white rule and white supremacy in those places, and once those people couldn't rule any more many of them left and went where whites could rule. Though I mention the Delta in this instance, this course of action wasn't confined to merely the Delta or Mississippi. We black folks with some sense and knowledge of history aren't going to stop speaking the truth or our minds because it hurts some feelings. I understand your comments but it doesn't take into account the feelings and situations of others who have been abused for years, decades and centuries.

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Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-19T16:47:49-06:00

ID

97084

Comment

I agree with Lady... this is not a issue of black or white but of competence and ability. I am not looking for a really great black or white person to run the JPD... We had that with Anderson. What we need is a leader qualified to run the department. If that is MAC or not only time can tell. What I am saying is that Mac's ability to do his job well, lead the JPD and create a safer Jackson transcends any talk about race. Besides if you want to talk about race, NEWJACKSON should not resort to name calling "bigot" when it is not a relevant part of this discussion. This is not a thread promoting racism against white people despite what happened in the 400 years before I was born.

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Concerned in Jacktown

Date

2007-11-19T17:07:35-06:00

ID

97085

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I can't say I understand, Ray, cause I haven't been in those shoes. From what I read, it's not something I'd ever want to live through. Please understand that I know almost nothing of Mississippi history, although I am making a conscious effort to change that. Speaking the truth about the past is always good, no matter what: that's the only way we can change the future. That's why I like the Internet. Black and White together. :) I have a lot of respect for you, Ray, and I don't even know you. Scary, huh?

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Lady Havoc

Date

2007-11-19T17:13:54-06:00

ID

97086

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I'll let NewJack defend himself here. I'm not saying race or racism is involved indirectly or clearly here. I'm not saying it's involved at all. I'm not even saying it isn't. What I'm saying is some people may disagree whether it does or doesn't, and I'm not telling anyone what they see or don't see.

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Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-19T17:14:33-06:00

ID

97087

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Thanks, Lady. I like and respect you too. The same is true for IG although we scuffle frequently. I make a great effort to avoid racism or the issue of race in my dealings and situations with people. I usually give people the benefit of all doubts until I have reasons not to. If I wanted to I probably could deceive myself into thinking race and racism are not problems or realities anymore, since to a large degree I can avoid the more base realities of them. The average black person with so little going for him or her sees and lives different reality than the one I live. I'm not going to tell them what they see or don't see. I have sense enough to know I'm blessed to be educated, talented and learned. This doesn't allow me to totally avoid the hurt of racism, classism and overall meanness of people, but I avoid lots of things. The battles I fight now are mostly for others. If I can get my grandchildren to prepare themselves for the realities of life and competition I'd be ready to go away, live my remaining years and die peacefully.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-19T17:28:56-06:00

ID

97088

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When people mention racism not being the issue in response to scrutiny regarding the racist dynamic of a situation they are making a false assumption that there can only be one dynamic afoot. The truth is that there are few relationships existent in MS that don't hold some type of race based dynamic. We simply must acknowledge that there is a race based component to all relationship dynamics in our state (and in most any interaction going on throughout the world for that matter). Acting as that component does not exist puts us at a serious disadvantage when we seek to define the fundamental tensions keeping our communities from realizing their potential.

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daniel johnson

Date

2007-11-19T17:31:16-06:00

ID

97089

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yeah, it's such a white, NE Jacksonian conspiracy when the streets are safe and downtown is booming. lol Seriously, i'm as much a king frank basher...err...truth-teller as anyone, but on the surface this looks like a good move so i'll be fair and give him the benefit of the doubt and take a wait-and-see approach. mac's a better candidate than the other names that were floating around, and it appears that vance is gonna be in charge of the day-to-day operations, which gives me a glimmer of hope. the downtown development is a whole 'nother conversation. the only two people making money down there are leland speed and david watkins, so that has to be addressed. but, we have to agree that crime (or the perception of it) potentially going down in jxn is good for everyone. the real litmus test will be what happens in south and west jxn in that regard. i'll sign off by reminding everyone that race-based ignorance cuts both ways. as i recall, a predominantly (if not all black) jury let king frank and his court jesters off in that ridgeway st crime when they were clearly guilty. also, we black people must look ourselves in the mirror when we are over 70% of the population but can't decide an election. whites can be blamed for a lot of crap, but not everything...

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eyerah

Date

2007-11-19T18:16:45-06:00

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97090

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Thanks Ray and all for letting me defend myself. Its crucial that you know your past so you can see the similarities of it, if it comes again in the present or the future. I'am a history Major at JSU. I'am young but not stupid. In Mississippi its hard to keep the issue of race out of the everyday happenings in this state. Lady Havoc you might be tired of race being brought into every subject but iam tired of being subjected to racism on every front in Mississippi Its some out there who want blacks to be afraid to call things as they are, they say we are not intelligent if we keep bringing racism into the equation. And the blacks that want to show some whites that they are educated shy from the truth just so they want offend and anger some whites that might be in a position to help that particular black person. I'am not that particular black person. I dont want to compromise to fit into the system.

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NewJackson

Date

2007-11-19T19:06:42-06:00

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97091

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Life is compromise Newjack, at your young age it all looks black and white but after a while you'll start to see all shades of grey and the picture gets blurrier. In politics especially, you give some and get some, eventually it works out. For the sheriff chief deal, the important thing is to see if the population benefits from the arrangement, since while the motives can be suspect (some have posted some ideas I'd never have thought of lol) what really matters is whether crime and "harmony" prevails. This is what this old white guy thinks anyway.

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GLewis

Date

2007-11-19T19:20:48-06:00

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97092

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yeah lump it together and make it look good Glewis i dont need you to pat me on the head and tell me to run along and play the grown folks are talking. We are dissecting or doing a autopsy to know the cause.

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NewJackson

Date

2007-11-19T20:13:03-06:00

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97093

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If Vance will be assistant chief, how many assistant chiefs will there be in all? I lost count. BTW, someone left a message on Feedback 16 saying that her family may move back to Jackson if McMillan becomes the chief. What do you all think of that statement?

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LatashaWillis

Date

2007-11-19T22:14:27-06:00

ID

97094

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Good question, L.W. Like you, I've lost count, too. Deputy Chief this and Assistant Chief that. Maybe this is McMillin's way of either undoing or neutralizing Frank's knee-jerk, self-serving appointments...er, uh-ruh... ANNOINTtments!

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Kacy

Date

2007-11-19T22:37:50-06:00

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97095

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Saw on WAPT that McLemore doesn't think McMillan can do both jobs effectively. Does anyone think that City Mac will approve of County Mac since Vance has been added to the mix?

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LatashaWillis

Date

2007-11-19T22:42:57-06:00

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97096

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Haha New Jack, well lets sit at the autopsy table and before you put it all under the microscope, you gotta take a look at the whole body, assuming we are talking about a corpse, but for all we know this could be the birth of something good. Sorry about the condescending tone earlier, its what I get for rushing a post before running off to do something else.

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GLewis

Date

2007-11-20T00:00:21-06:00

ID

97097

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Lady, I'd love to believe that race wasn't an issue somewhere in America but that's bull. Racism is an international problem and just because you don't acknowledge it doesn't mean it not there. I guess I'm sick of the excuse, "I'm not from here." to ignore obvious issues of race. At no time in history as any part of the United States not suffered from racial strife if two races were present. People still riot in Paris, get killed in Texas and are attacked in New York. The South, in tis case Mississippi, is unique but not different.

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msgrits

Date

2007-11-20T00:30:34-06:00

ID

97098

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I have worked with a restaurant that has a good shrimp Kodiak roll. When I first went to work there, I was looked at with suspicion and I felt I did not belong. I did not speak the common language that was spoken and I was often misunderstood. They laughed and yelled at me. We all have to understand that deep down "WE ARE ALL RACIST". For some old men in jail these days it was skin color. For some young men these days it has nothing to do with skin color, but control of the street. A lesson I have learned in my past five months is this: My grandfather was a doctor and he patched up his fellow soldiers on an aircraft carrier named ESSEX in WWII. This man came home and moved to MS From KS in 1955. He came to MS to do better for himself and the family he brought with him. I am so sick and tired of hearing the race issue. I was born in 1975 and missed the entire civil rights era. But my friends and myself lived the second generation of the civil rights movement in the mid 80's. I remember when I was playing with G.I. Joe and Transformers. Some of us have made a good life of what we were given. Some of us have a headstone these days. Some through accidents and others because of health issues. A few people are not here today because they had no one to mentor(AKA kick you in the teeth if you don't do right)! Before we all post our threads and condemn or promote, is there an eight year old in your neighborhood that has a flat tire on his bike. And for two minutes of your time can you fix it? Or will you give the media 20 minutes of your time looking for your missing air compressor?

Author

nai-bu tokai

Date

2007-11-20T02:35:14-06:00

ID

97099

Comment

The Clarion Leger is reporting that Sheriff McMillin is letting little frankie's bodyguards KEEP their promotions. McMillin said he would not change or override Melton's promotions of his former bodyguard, Michael Recio, who was promoted to assistant chief, or bodyguard Marcus Wright, who was named sergeant. Come on, Mac.

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Cliff Cargill

Date

2007-11-20T07:15:55-06:00

ID

97100

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And, here's the agreement Sheriff McMillin and little frankie signed.

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Cliff Cargill

Date

2007-11-20T07:19:45-06:00

ID

97101

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Was just going to comment on that Cliff. I really thought the Sheriff was a better man than this. Probably part of whatever deal they made. Which...you know... is how a City should be run - on back room deals. Speaking of which, the mayor said yesterday he wanted to have 'private' meetings with the Council about the Sheriff. I don't care if this is done one on one, so it is legal by State law, or in a group in executive session; this has to be done in the open if the citizens are to trust this *cough* groundbreaking process.

Author

pikersam

Date

2007-11-20T09:01:20-06:00

ID

97102

Comment

Cliff, Mac is a politician when it all comes down to it. There was a verbal agreement that Mac would not touch Recio's dumb a** for another couple of months. However, if someone else in command demoted Recio then Mac's hands would be clean of breaking that verbal agreement. Stay tuned for further in this case. I can also promise you that Recio won't be allowed to leave his office without a hall pass until he is demoted. The only decision Recio will make from this point on will be what time he wants to take a lunch break.

Author

The truth

Date

2007-11-20T09:05:02-06:00

ID

97103

Comment

Truth my sources are telling me Recio has collateral and equal or tantamount powers to Lee Vance and is equally every police officer's boss except McMillan and Lee Vance. Recio has hidden or unrealized talents most officers are unaware of. Frank and McMillan see them though, and that's all that matters, thus far. I hear Recio is vindictive too. Truth I'm definitely passing on that lunch date after this post. NewJack, don't ever be afraid to speak your mind. "It's like a jungle sometines. I'm at the front of the line. I ain't tripping but I stumble sometine. But I get right back up. What you do! I get back back up! America, why you treat me so cold. I done gave you all that I have. America, you took me from my momma so young, and locked me up and gave me your name. America, why you treat me so cold?"

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Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T10:50:13-06:00

ID

97104

Comment

What happened to Jones, the 48hr Chief? melton secured Recio and Wright but, left Jones out of the loop? Where is Anderson in the scheme of things? Where is the money for all of these new actions? I supported McMillin for Sheriff of Hinds County and there are many threads that I expressed my support and why. The problem now is that we are attempting to "settle things down" by allowing for maneuvers that are not usual and customary for MS. The problem is melton and there have been too many instances where he could have been fired. Does anyone remember the felony charges that were reduced to misdemeanors? Does anyone remember how long it took Jim Hood to render a decision about issues that could have landed frank in jail? We have allowed these events to take place and now we attempt to debate racism. It is not by accident that the day after Danks pulled the deal for frank and McMillin, the CL headlines was an announcement of fifteen-hundred (1,500) new jail beds. MS' prisions are full of African-Americans. Many are drug/alcohol and related criminal activity secondary to addictions. Let me get back to the point and leave this to a later discussion. We talk about the effects of Role-Modeling in therapy: The visual message for Blacks is that there is no African-American capable of managing this City: That white is both right and might. McLemore and Stokes are probably making commentary secondary to their feeling of shame and guilt because both of them did things in the past that encouraged this action. Things don't just happen. We are experiencing the results of a proccess: African-Americans will have to take more responsibility for being the butt of melton's jokes; jokes that are now resonating in frowns, heartaches, pair and disappointment.

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justjess

Date

2007-11-20T11:03:23-06:00

ID

97105

Comment

Apparently, Jones signed off on raises for Recio et al and then went home.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T11:05:19-06:00

ID

97106

Comment

Anderson served her purpose as Assistant Chief with Frank as the Chief, and Jones signed the papers hooking up Recio and Wright. Frank has thrown those two negroes away while putting 2 white guys forth to lead his team. Frank hates black people!!!! Let me drop some news to y'all.

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Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T11:07:58-06:00

ID

97107

Comment

I could probably think of some white folks he's not so fond of as well. ;-)

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DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T11:13:01-06:00

ID

97108

Comment

The bizarre thing about the whole Melton saga is that it uses race (in the most cynical of ways) to transcend race. If you know what I mean. You can't understand either by not considering race dynamics or by thinking that racism is at the heart of it all. Welcome to post-Jim Crow Mississippi, folks. Situations left unresolved creates a climate for this kind of idiocy. I mean, if you will really consider the question that people of all races have raised about Melton—Would he have gotten away with what he's done if he was black?—then you will see what I mean. That is, some people will play whatever weakness is in front of them to get what they want. And with that deep thought, I've got work to do. Later.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T11:16:17-06:00

ID

97109

Comment

Ray Carter, melton is ignorant. I have said this many times before. Ignorant is not a bad word: It simply means that one does not know. frank uses maladaptive behaviors to hide his shortcomings. This is from his pretense of being wealthy and with all of the education and training in fields from Social Work to Police Science. If Jackson wanted to get this man out of office, he could be gone in a flash for falsification of legal documents. Does anyone remember the lies he told about homesteading in Jackson and waving a reciept at a meeting with the Board of Supervisors. Lies and the Lying Lier Who Told Them. Can you believe that Musgrove was so "happy glad" that frank was working "free" for the MBN that he did not require a background check? The MBN ya'll. The sad thing is that the games will continue.

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justjess

Date

2007-11-20T11:27:56-06:00

ID

97110

Comment

Ladd, did you mean if melton were white would he have gotten away with all of these things? The answer is NO! Some Blacks have not been able to deal with this issue. A lot of foks jumped on Bill Cosby for the airing of the "Dirty Linen." We must learn that at some point the Wolf must be called UGLY. The things that melton did and continue to do are ugly and I'm not willing to help others hide him.

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justjess

Date

2007-11-20T11:37:06-06:00

ID

97111

Comment

Oops, sorry. Yes, justjess, that's what I meant. ;-D Y'all are watching my back today. Lots in my head right now. Sorry.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T11:51:09-06:00

ID

97112

Comment

Interesting. I think you captured him well, Justjess. I was only joking about Melton hating black folks. Yes, Donna the cancer of racism is a funny thing. It's use and misuse causes confusion.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T12:02:09-06:00

ID

97113

Comment

msgrits said, "I guess I'm sick of the excuse, "I'm not from here." to ignore obvious issues of race." Well, I suppose you'll just have to continue being sick of it then. In my case, it's not an excuse. I was raised better than that. Where I was born, in KY, the schools in my town desegregated in 1964, which happens to be the year I was born. I had friends of all races, classes and backgrounds. My grandma taught me that all people (note: ALL people) are created equal. We were not taught about the Civil War in high school other than, "Eh: it happened. Next?" I did not know about all this until I moved down here. I was never affected by it or touched by it. So don't judge my heart until you've walked a mile in my shoes. Wait. You're probably sick of that saying, too.

Author

Lady Havoc

Date

2007-11-20T12:12:43-06:00

ID

97114

Comment

We were not taught about the Civil War in high school other than, "Eh: it happened. Next?" I'm not judging, Lady, but is that a good thing? It sounds like you have a wonderful background when it comes to personal race dynamics, but if you haven't been taught to notice systemic racISM, then how can you help fix the problems? Perhaps your own wonderful experiences make you a bit blind to what is going on around you? That is not a criticism; merely a suggestion of something to consider. I know, personally, that people challenging my own blind spots (usually there from no fault of my own) have really helped me. A huge complaint about the dominant white culture is not just that many of us actively promote racISM because we're bigoted, but that many of us promote racISM because we're blind to it.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T12:19:31-06:00

ID

97115

Comment

Msgrits, I'm glad to hear you as a minister say something about racism. I have long had a great deal of suspicion and distrust of white preachers or other so-called divine white leaders because I knew the Ku Kluk Klan had successfully recruited many white preachers to run the klan. And I knew just as many not in the klan who hated black folks thorougly and furthermore believed it was godly to subjugate and abuse black folks because black were thought to be inhuman or non-human when a stronger case could be made based on deeds that whites were sub-human or non-human. Obviously neither is true though. Likewise, I have always looked at Billy Graham with great distrust and incredulity because for someone so allegedly powerful and godly-annointed he has had so little impact on the race issue or problems of racism, the cancer of our society in America and so many other places. Then to hear conversations with him and Nixon about other groups of people that weren't nice or godly. I have never believed Billy Graham was anything special because I know of nothing significant he has done to ease race tensions or loosen the grip that racism has had on white people. In my view, he wanted to maintain the status quo as much as any racist politican. Show me I'm wrong if you can! I have been invited to many white churches but I always refused to go. I have gone just about every place else with white folks but not church on Sunday, the most segregated time in America, some claim. I'm not seeking another opportunity by these comments either. A friend of mines had the police called on him for trying to integrate churches.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T12:57:25-06:00

ID

97116

Comment

So Ray, are you racist?

Author

Concerned in Jacktown

Date

2007-11-20T14:30:18-06:00

ID

97117

Comment

Marshall I'm glad you asked! If you have read my posts for the last several years and if you knew some of my many friends, you would know the answer is a resounding, "No." However, having a doctorate degree in white studies I know the responses my posts will get. Not even the fact that I have refused to go to white churches so far says anything about my position on race or racism. I attend a mixed race church though. What else you got?

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T14:51:22-06:00

ID

97118

Comment

Sounds like I touched a nerve. OOPS

Author

Concerned in Jacktown

Date

2007-11-20T14:52:47-06:00

ID

97119

Comment

No, you didn't. I expected something from someone. Why did you ask the question. I'm just wondering. Was it something I said? Remember, I have that degree. It took a lot of study, observation and work to get it.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T14:57:43-06:00

ID

97120

Comment

I'm just glad to know God knows the difference between "white churches" and "black churches." God's cool like that you know! Reason #1266 Why I don't go to church Now, maybe someone actually wants to discuss the Chief, and the fact that Melton is wanting to push this nomination through by having private meetings with our Council members.

Author

pikersam

Date

2007-11-20T15:02:17-06:00

ID

97121

Comment

Thanks Pike. I hope God is more open to bull than I am. Well, I'll run too and get back on the subject. I do want to have this religious discussion with MsGrits some day though. We can do it off here to keep from hurting folks feelings. White/black churches, schools, water fountains, et al, did exist once upon a time. We didn't start them either. Neither did we start denail.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T15:07:31-06:00

ID

97122

Comment

I think Ray is also posting under "Marshall" so he has a straight man. Setting up your own jokes, Ray—tsk, tsk. Now, despite all this pre-turkey amusement, back to the topic of the thread, please.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T15:13:06-06:00

ID

97123

Comment

I'm with you Ray. I regret all the pigheadedness that white people had back in the day. I also know that some white people still harbor those feelings today which is a shame. Now to get back on post....Lt. Jesse Robinson was just named Commander of Precinct Two and Sgt. Goodrum was named Commander of Precinct 4. We will have to see how these changes work out...

Author

The truth

Date

2007-11-20T15:17:24-06:00

ID

97124

Comment

Your not hurting my feelings ray, your just showing the hypocrisies of religion. Christianity is pretty much a European creation that was spread to the other parts of the world anyway. Just like forcing a people to speak your language, it was used to "colonize" the world. If Gutenberg wouldn't have invented that darn printing press we wouldn't have all these problems.

Author

pikersam

Date

2007-11-20T15:32:23-06:00

ID

97125

Comment

I don't know much about the people Mac is putting where; but, I am glad that we are seeing action sooner rather than later.

Author

pikersam

Date

2007-11-20T15:34:19-06:00

ID

97126

Comment

Well, I hope all those appointments are legal, being that McMilin is not yet confirmed.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T15:38:07-06:00

ID

97127

Comment

Pike, I thought you wanted to move on. I can write a book on white people, their religion (generally speaking) and race and racism. I promise you, I have studied it. I'm not hypocriting at all. You don't even know my positions on the matters. Thanks Truth for the new information. I've never heard of these people. Are they good for the city?

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-20T15:42:38-06:00

ID

97128

Comment

We are clicking on the same page Donna. Whatever Mac does really doesn't add up to a pile of beans until he is approved by the council. I wonder how the confirmation will turn out. Marshand can't vote or I wouldn't think he could vote simply because he works for the Sheriff's Department. Stokes is against him. Mclemore seems more against him than for him at this time. Barret-Simon is on the fence with her decision. So then you have Tillman who is in Franks right pocket and Bluntson who is in Frank's left pocket. Then you have Weil which is for Mac. It appears that it could be a 3-3 vote. Who will be the tie breaker. It is usually the mayor but I don't know if he can be the tie breaker on this. I doubt Crisler can be the tie breaker with his ties to the Sheriff's Dept. I guess we will see in time...

Author

The truth

Date

2007-11-20T15:45:40-06:00

ID

97129

Comment

Ray, Lt. Robinson is a good guy and he had been over the traffic division for a while. Sgt. Goodrum is a good Sgt. He has worked in Precinct's One and Two as a sergeant. This will be both of their first big assignments. Hopefully they can make a difference.....

Author

The truth

Date

2007-11-20T15:49:41-06:00

ID

97130

Comment

ma16, I think you made a wrong turn when you registered on this site. And continually reregistering to post insults won't work, so move along.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T18:42:47-06:00

ID

97131

Comment

Lady, I'm going to go out a limb an guess you are not a brown person. I could totally be wrong. But if you are an Anglo sister then I'd urge you to call your brown childhood friends and asked them how they experienced growing up in the very same environment. They might not tell you the truth because they don't want you to be hurt but then again they might. I think it's wonderful that your family taught you that all people are created equal. That's a lovely beginning but it's not nearly enough. Reference what Ladd said.

Author

msgrits

Date

2007-11-20T18:57:19-06:00

ID

97132

Comment

Sorry I didn''t mean to continue OT.

Author

msgrits

Date

2007-11-20T19:01:44-06:00

ID

97133

Comment

I have a question about Jones and the raises if Donna or anyone else can answer. How can he approve raises as the interim chief. Is that legal?

Author

msgrits

Date

2007-11-20T19:04:27-06:00

ID

97134

Comment

Sorry I didn''t mean to continue OT. It seems to be in the stars today. How can he approve raises as the interim chief. Is that legal? I don't know. We're trying to find out. But what a slap that was at the citizens and police officers of Jackson on Melton's part. Just appoint someone for three days who will approve the controversial raises. Amazing what he has gotten away with for so long.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2007-11-20T19:34:15-06:00

ID

97135

Comment

Someone asked where and how did I get my doctorate. I eagerly wanted to answer, but I don't see the comment anymore. Perhap it was deleted. Oh well, if the comment is gone there is no reason to answer.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2007-11-21T09:42:10-06:00