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Doug:

I'm confused. I thought I read somewhere that the elusive memo was mentioned in the rma report.

MD

Well, I don't know. I'm very pressed for time today, so I won't be able to look that up. Anyone else recall?

Is Johnson responsible for the High Point Water Connection or is he just taking credit for Staff Work. He does have a lot of employees that must be doing something with "our time" (because we pay their salaries).

The Randleman water project should have been moving several years ago, you don't get "ata boys" for finally moving forward.

"Johnson said the city's legal staff made an error in telling the N&R there was no such memo. The lawyers didn't know which memo we requested."

Isn't this exactly what earned David Wray the ire of Mitch Johnson: That Wray was asked about a line-up book, the description of which did not fit anything Wray knew to exist and that, once Wray understood what was being requested, he produced it?

"Oh, THAT line-up book."

"Oh, THAT memo."

Roch, yes, that's what it looks like. Quite an irony.

Don, Boynton tells me that he and Johnson personally worked out the plan.

The water authority is, shall we say, deliberate. Possibly High Point and Greensboro should have forced the action a long time ago. They're trying to do so now. If they get water flowing faster, they deserve credit.

I think you and a lot of other people here are missing the point. Even if the "black book" is legitimate, it still contained only pictures of black officers. This in and of itself is prejudicial. Now I know some whippersnapper knitpickers and going to say that the so-called victim of this alleged molestation said that the perpetrator was black, but how does she really know? Maybe she didn't get a good look or there were other mitigating factors, or maybe she was just injecting her own inherent prejudice into the whole thing. I think all line-ups should contain people of all races. It's the only fair way to do it.

Savage,

I'm really hoping you were being ironic. If so, it gave me a chuckle. If not... well... I'm really hoping you were being ironic.

David, serious as a heart attack. It's a well known fact that the people on the planet who are most prejudiced against black men are black women.

Everybody knows this and any police chief anywhere should have taken this into account. I think this shows beyond a shadow doubt that David Wray was a racist b-----d.

Is it not painfully obvious by this point that Mitch makes public what he wants and conceals what he wants? From investigations to memos to RMA reports to closed/open sessions, he regards himself as the information poobah of Greensboro. You'll know if he wants you to know, dammit.

But the rules are changing.

There are two possible scenarios here and neither are particularly flattering to Mitch Johnson. Best case: they really didn't know the memo existed, in which case Johnson and his staff are incredibly slipshod and incompetent. Worst case: Mitch and crew knew damn well the memo existed, said it did not, and got caught in a straight up lie.

And for Mr. Skeet Club Savage, if a witness or victim gives a description to police as that of a black man, and said police department issue a line up book containing photos of black men who fit that description, that is not "targeting" or "profiling." That is what is known as "police work."

John, your frame of reference is the real world.

My frame of reference is "Crazy Town" N.C.-
where cold-hearted Orbs rule the night, constantly thrusting people's color into our sight, where red is green and yellow white, where Mitch decides what is right...and what is an illusion.

Now that Mitch Johnson and the city legal staff have been caught in a lie, are the council members brave enough to really do something about it? There is no way that Mitch Johnson or the attorneys were stupid enough not to know what the public request was all about. Yes, maybe they are all incompetent, but they had to know about this memo. I think that they were just trying to hide this memo because it shows that Mitch has mislead the council all along. It shows that Detective Sanders as well as the others in command up to and including former Chief Wray were trying to do their job to the best of their ability. From everything I have read, if Mitch wouldn't have micro-managed the Police Department and let Chief Wray do his job, then all of this mess would have been cleared up long ago. I say that the council will be missing a prime opportunity if they pass up on cleaning house at city hall NOW. They need to fire Mitch Johnson as well as the city legal staff responsible for this blunder. After that, then put some people in place to finish the job that Chief Wray was trying to do over 2 years ago. Obviously, the evidence is there to do these things just like the evidence is crystal clear that Mitch Johnson distorted facts and tried to lead the council into a fog. If the council can't or won't take action now, they will never regain the trust and confidence of the public.

This is for Skeet Club Savage.

You are the kind of person who make it very difficult for women to get justice when they have been sexually assualted. "Yeah, she was asking for it." If your sister said she was attacked by a purple man, would the police go looking for orange suspects? You are one big idiot. This woman was in police custody and claims she was assualted by black police officers. She knew the perpetrators were black because she was there!! Who else was David Wray supposed to be looking for, the purple or orange guy? I don't care why this woman was in police custody, she's doing me a favor. Letting me know there are police officers who will use their position to rape/assualt a woman. Ever heard any of those stories in the news about women who get pulled over by law enforcement officers who sexually assualt the woman. Get your head out of the sand or where ever you might have it stuck.

Well said, Artie. If you're not busy please go to the council mtg and let them know too.