Simultaneously on that same evening last month, Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson gathered only a few blocks away to discuss plans for downtown.
(N&R)
Now comes last night...in which a brazen bank robbery at a south Greensboro Wachovia Bank branch turns into a chase, which then turns into a "Hollywood"-style shootout off I-40 and Patterson; leaving both suspects and a police officer injured (see N&R story).
[UPDATE...One of the suspects has now died; N&R has more]
Simultaneously, your City Council met to discuss possible methods of change and needed reform to our Police Department. None of them were considered last night (see N&R story). None of them. Wiped off the table.
Unfortunate and shameful.
Unfortunate for the victims who were robbed. Unfortunate for the officer (who was only doing their job--God bless that officer and that officer's family). Unfortunate for a city that must deal with another public relations nightmare.
E.C. :)
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How is this a public relations "nightmare" for the city? By all accounts, the Greensboro Police Department did everything right.
It was private individuals, thugs in my opinion, who perpetrated this crime. The City and the Greensboro Police Department should be applauded for having officers on scene while the crime was still in progress and before the suspects could flee into obscurity.
You try unconvincingly to tie this crime to the fact that city leaders decided against more bureaucracy.
The city doesn't need more studies, more commissions or more boards.
Adding extra layers of red tape before fully implementing the recommendations of the Buraker report would only add gas to the fire.
Good job GPD. I wish the injured officer the best of health and full recovery. Your service to Greensboro is greatly appreciated.
I wholeheartedly agree that the offenders were on the wrong side of law and order yesterday and that the rank-and-file did their jobs. I've always said that I fully respect the men and women who wear the uniform. But our department can be better. And I don't think it is a big secret that decisions made in the past have affected what's going on out on the streets today.
Yes, you're right, maybe more boards and bureaucracy isn't the answer. But we have a crime problem that's now spiraling. Someone needs to ask why robberies are out of control, why there are so many unsolved homicides in the city? How do we fix this?
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