Residents may voice their concerns for the extreme levels of racial division being used as a political tool by city officers to achieve unjust racial political ends by emailing Mayor Skip Henderson directly at SkipHenderson@columbusga.org, while cc’ing their respective city council members on the email.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — The city council meeting held on March 28, 2023 was filled with more of the same illogical race-baiting rhetoric surrounding the well-documented leadership failures of police chief Freddie Blackmon. 

That rhetoric came from the same few race-baiting agitators that have been blatantly using race to manipulate the public in their own individual quests for power and personal gain. 

After boasting about a ‘500 person’ protest for more than a week, this cabal of the racially-focused extremists — who are members of an organization with a listed business address at city manager Isaiah Hugley’s personal home — only managed to pull a crowd of a few dozen people. 

Contrary to what these racial extremists may believe in their self-aggrandizing quest for the narcissistic manipulation of the public, they look extremely foolish and utterly ridiculous to the overwhelming majority of Columbusites — of all races, colors, creeds, and religions. 

These few individuals — who have been objectively proven to have given false statements to cover their tracks and walk back their rhetoric when challenged — seem to have forgotten that people can in fact think for themselves.

To anyone with an IQ greater than that of a toaster oven, it’s fairly difficult to believe that the entire rest of the city is somehow ‘racist’ when police officers quitting the department have since gone on to work for Sheriff Greg Countryman, who also just-so-happens to be a black man.

Also, to anyone with an IQ greater than that of a toaster oven, it’s fairly difficult to believe that city council somehow isn’t following the law or procedure when that law is (1) publicly available for anyone to read, and; (2) state and federal agencies acutely monitor the legal actions taken by our city officials. 

Do you genuinely believe that anyone is willing to risk their necks just to fire someone? For what? To what ends? What would that achieve? It doesn’t even make any sense. 

All of this boils down to a very simple reality that these racial extremists seem to have conveniently forgotten.

OH, THE IRONY

Back on November 17, 2020, after a panel of eleven people reviewed each individual applicant, Freddie Blackmon was formally recommended by Mayor Skip Henderson himself to be the next Chief of the Columbus Police Department.

Following Henderson’s recommendation, one city councilor made a motion to approve. Another councilor then seconded the motion. A formal vote was then taken by the entirety of city council. 

That vote was unanimously in the affirmative; every single member of city council present within the quorum voted to confirm Freddie Blackmon as Chief of Police. 

ONE SIMPLE QUESTION

If you’re going to claim ‘racism’ is somehow to blame for Blackmon’s incompetence, you’ll first have to reconcile that with the one simple question that all of this begs:

Were these same exact city officials also somehow ‘racist’ when they unanimously voted to *give* Freddie the job, or did they somehow magically become ‘racist’ once the entire effing police department blew the whistle on the guy’s incompetence?

Riddle me that. 

Chew on it. 

You might learn something about yourselves in the process, instead of being manipulated by the same group of race-based political extremists that have been taking advantage of anyone they can for their own personal gain throughout their entire lives.

IN CLOSING

In the words of the great Kendrick Lamar Duckworth: 

“Sit down. Be humble.” 

Just quit while you’re behind. We’re sure GBI will likely be in touch with you at some point soon, if not already. 

Residents may voice their concerns for the extreme levels of racial division being used as a political tool by city officers to achieve unjust racial political ends by emailing Mayor Skip Henderson directly at SkipHenderson@columbusga.org, while cc’ing their respective city council members on the email.

Facts are stubborn things — and we’ll keep publishing them, whether city officials like them or not.

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