Police Update

From: Cawn, Maurice
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 4:45 PM
To: Police
Subject: Status of officers

You no doubt will hear from the TV media and the newspaper that two Greensboro police officers were fired and another disciplined.

This is not accurate. No discipline has been imposed in this matter in which an administrative investigation has recently been concluded.

The Department is committed to providing full administrative due process for all its employees.

Thank you.

Maurice A. Cawn

Jim Collins,Communications Manager

Public Affairs, City of Greensboro

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The comments that were made on this blog about my son have forced me to begin to moderate comments. I really don't like that but I feel it is necessary. Why? Because there are several people that only read this blog to see pics or posts about Graham, Cameron and Donna. They should not have to read the stupid things some people will write to attempt to hurt me.

2 GPD Officers Fired

Wallace and LeGrand got fired today. Stevens was demoted. I am going to the pool!

The Three Suspended Officers

City officials recently claimed that administrative investigation regarding the three officers that allegedly sexually assaulted another police officer would soon be completed. They first said that the results would be made known on July 16. Today they are reporting that it will be soon?

Graham

Graham and Cameron Sing!

GPD Officer Charged with DUI

Last night a GPD Officer was arrested and charged by a Guilford County Sheriff's Deputy for driving under the influence. Nice Job!

Spagnola Reports

Spag, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:12 pm Said: Ben wins on the Wray stuff as expected. He has better sources than anyone except maybe Bledsoe and I suspect that is a tie at best, which is why I bet on Ben.

Jordan’s problem is that he clearly does have an agenda which lately seems to be more geared towards discrediting the Rhino in a form of ambush marketing. Of course, the Rhino has an agenda, too, but so far Jerry’s reporting has been nearly unassailable given the volume. This lawsuit will go nowhere because the facts simply aren’t there. Jordan’s agenda is less concerned about getting to the truth than it is challenging the Rhino series. He sees no cause to challenge the N&R reporting and they have been demonstrably wrong on a number of matters by any objective scale- source documents (often leaked by Ben) contradict the N&R’s version of events and corroborate Bledsoe.

I don’t know why Jordan feels compelled to take on the Rhino instead of City Hall. Certainly it is the latter with the credibility problem and what comes across is not Ben being jealous of Clarey and Jordan, but Jordan being jealous of Bledsoe.

In any case, I am not going to disparage Brian. He started a paper that has thus far survived where others have failed and that is worthy of respect. But YES! Weekly is not objective journalism anymore than the Rhino or the N&R. I just wish they would be more like the Rhino and admit it, and less like the N&R which pretends to be objective on key issues but isn’t. I don’t know why or how Wray became a Left/Right issue, but the appearance that YES! is giving is that they are one side simply because the Rhino is on the other. One more reason that I bet on Ben is that he strikes me overall as being Left of center, yet he is going against the grain on these GPD issues which enhances his credibility. He seems less concerned with politics and more concerned about being right, which may explain his beef with YES! Ben raised some serious issues about the YES! story that have not been refuted here or elsewhere.

Which leads back to Bledsoe. Question whether the reaction to Jerry’s series would be different if the series appeared in the N&R or YES! Weekly. At the end of the day, it comes down to Jerry’s credibility, not the publication that he is in, and nobody knows more about this story than Bledsoe. Bledsoe is the reason that the Rhino has become the authoritative account of this entire episode. So much has been written and so little of it refuted. Jordan can try as he wants to discredit Bledsoe, but that will be a very difficult task given Jerry’s track record and sourcing. Why this fight was chosen is a mystery to me.

The whole tenor of this story shifted to a City Manager out of control, incompetent and at odds with the actual facts as they started to trickle out, and a local paper (N&R) who sensationalized a story in terms of race that was refuted by objective facts a long time ago. Why in the fourth quarter YES! decided to resell the discredited story of Mitch Johnson and the N&R in light of all of the factual disclosures by Ben and Bledsoe makes no sense. A better story would be why did Mitch Johnson and the N&R get it so wrong?

One could easily claim that this assumes that Ben and Bledsoe are right, but I don’t see how that can be disputed when there is a document trail that supports their version of events and no document trail to support Mitch Johnson and the N&R. The mere fact that the City refuses to release the documents that they based their claim on is enough to cast doubt on their position, not to mention the inconsistencies documented by Ben and Bledsoe in those various documents when they were leaked.

The City Manager/N&R position is a loser. Why YES! wants to board that train defies common sense.

JGS III: Due diligence

Yes Weekly Editor, Brian Clarey, has been defending himself pretty hard this weekend. He got his panties in a wad when I inaccurately reported about his work experience at the Rhino Times. I went off of the information Clarey had previously reported at Ed Cone's. He originally said he worked there in 2003. This weekend he reported he worked there in 2002. I only asked about 2003. I am sorry, Brian.

While defending himself, Clarey brought up that due diligence on my part could have cleared up the date of employment discrepancy. I don't disagree with him either. It still doesn't change the fact that the whole 2002-2003 Rhino employment debate has little to do with the issue. However, it is the only thing Clarey has responded to.

Clarey has failed to answer anything else. He has failed to answer how Yes Weekly reported the following: "The defendants provided the plaintiffs with an untitled and unsigned narrative presumably written by Sanders." Jordan was wrong. I have pointed this out to him as early as late May and Clarey refuses to tell us if he did any fact checking to see if the document was as Jordan reported. Jordan also admitted to me that he did not ask to see the rest of the report. He further stated he did not ask anyone who the author was. Where was the due diligence?

Jordan also wrote: "Holder’s readers might like to know, for instance, that the accounts of Fulmore, a female friend who admitted to having sex with him in the room at the Red Carpet Inn and a male employee who later used the room are entirely consistent." That is not true. I have put out factual information that contradicts Jordan's reporting on this matter and Clarey has not responded. The accounts are not entirely consistent. Where was the due diligence?

Clarey seems to think he is a big time editor. He calls himself a pro in a comment thread. However, Clarey is lacking due diligence. If he had any he would have asked Jordan to prove the things he writes before Yes Weekly prints them. Jordan has been wrong on many things while covering the Wray Fray and I am certain he will continue to be wrong. I have not been wrong. I have kept my readers ahead of the information curve and have provided facts while Yes Weekly has produced the fiction.

Over at Spag's Clarey responds to me as if he is angry. Clarey wrote: "Your insinuation — that there was some kind of problem with my work — is baseless and libelous. And I’m not going to let you screw around with the facts when it comes to my career.....It's a dangerous thing to fuck with another man’s livelihood."

That is exactly what Yes Weekly is attempting to do when they report about The Rhino and Jerry Bledsoe. However, they are not having much luck. Their hero (Rossabi) got his ass handed to him by Cohen in the last hearing and I expect Cohen to do it again and again. Funny how you guys left out that what Jim Coman said when asked of his personal opinion of Bledsoe. Coman revealed he thought Bledsoe was a great journalist. If he would have said Bledsoe was a horrible journalist it would have made Yes Weekly.

Jordan has slandered the Rhino and Bledsoe with reckless disregard. The headlines and stories Yes Weekly prints have been and will continue to be ridiculous. It is Yes Weekly that throws around baseless and libelous insinuations on a regular basis to fuck with John Hammer's livelihood. I am not insinuating that there is a problem with Yes Weekly. I am clearly telling you they suck. Due diligence, Bri. Due diligence.

JGS II: Entirely Inconsistent!

On the Yes Weekly blog Jordan reported: "There was no malice in my suggestion that this page might have been written by Sanders; it was simply conjecture from the best information available at the time. At the time, I did not have the full document and could find no one, including Rossabi, who could enlighten me as to the authorship of the page."

This information was in the public view since March. Many people knew who wrote the report. It is highly unlikely that Rossabi didn't know who wrote the report. Jordan didn't ask? Is he a slow learner? Is he stupid? Does Jordan's information suck? Is it hard to keep up? Short bus rider? Jordan may be slower than steam rolling off cow shit.

I know what some of you are thinking. Jordan is a good guy and he likes homeless people! He even graduated from a prestigious Ivy League School so he must be a damn smart guy. Well, Lil' George Bush got him one of those fancy degrees from an Ivy League School just like Jordan did an Lil George is a dork. Bush and Jordan have two things in common: They both graduated from an Ivy League School and they are both buffoons.

Shortly after Jordan's mistake, I asked him if he questioned anyone to find out who the author was? He responded by saying he did not ask anyone about who the author was. He just didn't ask. I told Jordan who the author was at this time. I enlightened him. He claims he could find no one (He reported to me he did not even bother to ask anyone) to enlighten him. One usually must ask a question in order to get answers. I enlightened Jordan when I informed him that Davis was the author. Jordan did not bother to ask anyone anything about the author or the rest of the documents before he first reported about them. Now that is fact checking! Smooth move
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Jordan also wrote: Holder’s readers might like to know, for instance, that the accounts of Fulmore, a female friend who admitted to having sex with him in the room at the Red Carpet Inn and a male employee who later used the room are entirely consistent.

My readers already know that Jordan is an idiot. He is not informed. He simply doesn't know much about the facts. The accounts are not entirely consistent as the short bus reporter claims. Let's check a few facts. Why didn't Jordan offer any proof that the accounts are entirely consistent?

Fulmore reported that he had rented room 311 at about 5:30 only for himself. However, he previously told investigators that he rented it specifically for his employee (Gregory Lewis). Why are there two answers for one question, Jordan? The most basic question about why the room was rented had two versions. Bzzzzzzzz. That is not entirely consistent.

Fulmore reported that he told Lewis he had a motel room he could use. Fulmore said he agreed to meet Lewis at Hardee's on Randleman Road. He previously reported that he had met Lewis near Lewis' shop on Lee Street. Why are there two answers for one question, Jordan? Where Fulmore met Lewis to give him the room key is an easy question. However, Fulmore gave two different locations. Bzzzzzzzz. That is not entirely consistent.

Investigators asked Lewis how he knew Fulmore, Lewis said he had not known Fulmore long. He reported he had only been doing transmission work for him for about six months. Fulmore contradicted Lewis when he said the two were longtime friends. Why are there two answers for one question, Jordan? We have been friends for years or we just met six months ago? Which is it? One thing is clear, it isn't entirely consistent. Bzzzzzzzzzzzz!

When detectives asked Lewis when he last had spoken with Fulmore, Lewis answered that he had seen him since Fulmore was suspended. Fulmore contradicted Lewis when he reported that he hadn't seen Lewis since the night of the hotel incident. Why are there two answers for one question, Jordan? I saw him yesterday and I haven't seen him for a few days? Which is it? The two are not entirely consistent.

The only things that are entirely consistent are the ass whippings I have been laying down on Jordan Green. Now, about the betting? Bri? Womack? Amy?