Police Chief Freddie Blackmon has accepted the severance offering from the City of Columbus, now due $400k plus additional benefits for his retirement beginning on April 30. Blackmon has also begun paid leave until that time, effective immediately. Explore the full story as we begin to take a look at what comes next for the Columbus Police Department, along with a special message for our City’s Finest.

Though police chief Freddie Blackmon is not entitled to any severance package whatsoever, the city of Columbus, Georgia provided Blackmon with the opportunity to bow out gracefully through a very generous offer anyway. Explore the full story to see why city officials can choose to terminate any city officer at their sole discretion, along with a complete look at what Blackmon’s very polite offer contains.

After police chief Freddie Blackmon signed off on a 500-person protest in support of himself, we conducted an investigation on the organization hosting the protest. What we found was both lengthy and shocking. Explore the full story to see how the organization’s shell company subsidiary business address just-so-happens to be the personal home of Isaiah Hugley.

In a laughable interview with WTVM, Chief Blackmon said ‘race’ must be the reason for his severance, though he simultaneously admitted his years of failure throughout a line of questioning, saying things like ‘micromanagement is necessary.’ Explore the full story to see how Blackmon’s insane statements ironically displayed his incompetence as he pulled the race card anyway.

As our city’s police force remains hindered by a lack of effective leadership direction, the Fountain City saw no less than four reported shootings with at least five people shot this weekend alone between the dates of March 17-19, 2023. Explore the full story to see our interactive map of each shooting’s details as our city’s violent crime continues to skyrocket.

Unlike police chief Freddie Blackmon’s crayola crayon pile of disconnected and incohesive buzzwords arranged on a series of slides in a way that does not serve to communicate nor achieve any sort of desired end-state through lines of effort, we independently developed a proper strategic approach for CPD. Explore the full story to see how four lines of effort can achieve overmatch and dominance over our city’s criminal adversaries.

While many factors contribute to violent crime, they have been proven through a science known as systems dynamics to all be controlled by a single factor: the ability of law enforcement to keep up. Explore the full story to see how a fifty-year study and computer simulation shows how our city’s violent crime is ultimately controlled by the effectiveness of CPD’s leadership.

In what has been revealed to be an obvious ploy to protect his own public image, mayor Skip Henderson continues to avoid admitting the well-documented failures of police chief Freddie Blackmon as our city continues to suffer shooting and homicide rates akin to that of Nigeria. Explore the full story to see how Henderson continues to dodge the issue, even when pressed.

After four professional studies of the Columbus Police Dept all found chief Freddie Blackmon’s leadership may not be fit for the job, city manager Isaiah Hugley continues to blame ‘racism.’ Explore the full story to see why Hugley’s fanning of divisive racial flames brings his own competence and integrity into question as our city decays into a gang-ridden wasteland.

Every news agency has these documents, though no one has made them available for public viewing. We believe the public has a right to know. That’s why we are leaking them for you. Explore the full story to see the four CPD documents that city officials and news media don’t want you to see.

When 70% of our diverse police force has no confidence in their chief’s ability to lead, but officials claim “racism” is somehow to blame, all while cops quit in droves naming their chief as the reason as they go work for other diverse depts, it becomes apparent our city may be led by a group of f***ing morons. Explore the full story to make the call for yourself.

When 70% of the entire police department said Chief Blackmon couldn’t do his job, officials dismissed their claims as “racism.” After insane rates of violent crime remained unanswered, locals funded a world-class study that now vindicates the officers’ claims. Explore the full story to decide for yourself if Chief Blackmon has broken the Columbus Police Department.

After analyzing and cross-referencing eight years of Columbus rent data, there are clear connections between skyrocketing apartment rent, evictions, and the city’s declining population. Explore the full story to see how data suggests the city’s development is outpacing itself.

Earlier this week, we talked about how last year’s rise in Columbus homelessness was expected to increase for 2023. Now, new data just released by Home For Good confirms the increase was far worse than expected. Explore the full story to see the data for yourself.

After years of steady decline, the number of Columbusites experiencing homelessness increased in 2022. Now, that number is expected to rise even more as new data is published in the coming weeks. Explore the full story to hear what experts had to say and view our interactive chart that visualizes the data.

A technical document shows three different mayors knew the government center building wasn’t being maintained since at least 2007, but CCG blamed the building’s ‘old age’ for 16 years instead. Taxpayers are now left with the bill to replace the building. Explore the full story to see the document yourself.

After a shocking 22-year legal history, a consulting firm found the jail is physically and operationally dangerous once again. Deputy city manager Pam Hodge presented a plan favoring a rebuild of the entire facility at a cost of more than $250 million. Explore the details complete with photos of the jail’s current state of disrepair.

City council voted to delay renewing their ten-year contract with Uptown Columbus, Inc., opting to perform an audit of Uptown’s past performance first. Explore the full story to see the details and hear what officials had to say.

The cities of Columbus & Phenix City suffered no less than four reported shootings during the New Year’s Weekend, in addition to the Christmas Weekend shootings just one week ago. Here’s our interactive map with the details.

A former RiverCenter employee came forward in an exclusive interview to expose the discriminatory, unprofessional, abusive, and vindictive things going on at the RiverCenter, including alleged embezzlement. She says the public deserves to know. Here is her story.

The 2022 ICF Kayak World Cup was welcomed to Columbus by 10 separate shooting incidents that occurred throughout the event’s duration, highlighting the city’s growing violence and urban decay on the world stage. Read on and explore our interactive map.

A local chemical plant has been spewing toxic waste onto surrounding neighborhoods for more than 20 years, but Phenix City officials are fighting for the poisoning to continue in the name of “economic development.”

A Columbus city employee described how getting close to the city manager opened doors for her career, exposing how nepotism for “like-minded” people gave her special opportunities to advance her career.

Ten years of data reveal the Columbus poverty rate increased while the state and nation largely improved, highlighting an egregious failure of local efforts and policy.

Deaths from drug overdoses doubled in Muscogee County last year, indicating a likely wider-spread increase in drug use among Columbusites — and the causes may run deep.