[davidboyd] Cool Papa Boyd: Hinson protection racket

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Posted by Cool Papa Boyd:
Hinson protection racket
http://davidboyd.org/posts/1162347041.shtml


   [1]Bledsoe:

     After Hinson and his lawyer, Joe Williams, complained that he was
     being investigated because of racism, City Attorney Linda Miles and
     Acting City Manager Mitchell Johnson intervened, seized all the
     records and began investigating the officers who had investigated
     Hinson.

   The one conclusion I'm willing to jump to at this point is that Wray
   wasn't a very savvy politician. If this was [2]The Wire, Hinson could
   have been dealt with in a multitude of ways including having details
   of some of his behavior leaked to the media anonymously which would
   have put public pressure on Miles and Johnson to deal with this.

References

   1. http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2006-10-26&-token.story=151117.112113&-token.subpub=
   2. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/