At the city council meeting on March 28, the same race-baiting agitators spewed the same race-baiting rhetoric, which has now likely caught the attention of state law enforcement officials. Despite their erroneous noise that only drew a crowd of just a few dozen people, it’s easy to see how these serial agitators manipulate the public for their own power-hungry personal gain. Explore the full story to see the one simple question that completely dispels their entire race-baiting narrative.

On March 27, WTVM knowingly lied, stating that the scheduled protest surrounding police chief Freddie Blackmon was filed by a ‘private individual’ as they showed a heavily redacted form as ‘proof.’ However, WTVM had already published the unredacted form which exposes their own falsely-constructed narrative. Explore the full story for the revealing details and see how the full unredacted form reveals the full unredacted truth.

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.

From a local extremist’s plot to illegally force the hands of our local elected officials, to racial division being purposefully used by our city manager to achieve unjust political ends, to our police chief playing the race card while simultaneously admitting his failures, here’s all the muck that’s fit to print from the Columbus, Georgia area, along with a look at what to expect in the week ahead.

Police Chief Freddie Blackmon was offered the opportunity to gracefully exit with a $250,000 lump-sum severance package. Despite his well-documented leadership failures, Blackmon now appears to be setting himself up to become the villain his younger self would have disliked. Explore the full story to see how Blackmon can be the hero he always wanted to be by just taking his severance and letting his officers do their jobs.

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.

Local activist and racial extremist Wane Hailes stupidly emailed his plan for an illegal robocall scheme that sought to force elected officials to vote based on their race. The ‘actual malice’ shown in Hailes’ plot violates state law and is not protected free speech. Explore the full story to see why supporting his efforts could land you as an accomplice to his criminal plot.

Look around you. The violent state of our dearest Fountain City has destroyed countless lives while shootings, murder, poverty, and drugs continue to turn our city into the next Detroit. Have you noticed that this all occurred while race-based division continues to tear our city apart? Explore the full story to see how the selfish ambitions of a few racist people continue to prey upon the lifeblood of our city for their own personal gain.

In an extremist and racist email sent to other local political activists, NAACP president Wane Hailes blatantly instructed others to overthrow the rule of law and constitutional form of government in Columbus if city council members do not vote how he wants them to. Explore the full story to see the slew of laws Hailes may have violated and what could happen.

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.

From the science behind why police leadership drives violent crime rates, to our police chief’s laughable plan to bribe his own officers, to a CPD command staff member being wrongfully removed from a council meeting and replaced with a race-driven political activist, here’s all the muck that’s fit to print from the Columbus, Georgia area, along with a look at what to expect in the week ahead.

After a series of complaints of criminal mischief on March 17 led to an investigation by officers, it was discovered that a pot full of gold had been stolen from in front of an apartment building in downtown Columbus. The short-statured suspect remains at large. Explore the full story to see the mythical details and how you can help CPD catch this elusive suspect.

CPD Assistant Chief Debra Kennedy was ordered to attend the March 14 council meeting, though she was wrongfully forced to leave by a MCSO deputy who claimed she was not permitted to stand along the back wall. As she left, NAACP activist Wane Hailes waltzed in unbothered and took her place. Explore the full story to see how the rules were brazenly not equally enforced.

According to numerous sources, police chief Freddie Blackmon did not attend the funeral of one of his own fallen CPD officers, opting to work on his ‘strategic plan’ and presentation due the following morning instead. Explore the full story to see what our sources had to say, along with how Blackmon’s callous behavior is just another example of why he is unfit to lead.

Police Chief Freddie Blackmon’s track record of leadership is so amazing that his new ‘strategic plan’ relies on bribing officers not to quit. Explore the full story to see how needing to bribe your officers is obviously a sign of outstanding leadership, especially when it’s briefed from a plan that a hired consultant needed to build for you.

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.

From our Mayor doubling-down on his failed years-long plan for public safety, to how his arrogance continues to cloud his judgment on the police dept’s leadership, to our Mayor turning his back on our police force through his absence, here’s all the muck that’s fit to print from the Columbus, Georgia area, along with a look at what to expect in the week ahead.

As the body of a fallen officer of the Columbus Police Dept was received by his loved ones under the careful guard of his brothers and sisters in blue, many officials stood in attendance to pay their respects. Mayor Henderson was not one of them. Explore the full story for the somber details and see how you can show your support for the brave men and women of CPD.

In light of the horrific recent events that continue to unfold for our city’s heroes in the Columbus Police Department, we have felt so moved as to pen a poem memorializing their continued displays of relentless heroism each and every day. Explore the full story to share in our experience of support for the valiant men and women of the Columbus Police Department.

In December 2021, Mayor Henderson posted a video with his plan for keeping our city safe. More than one year later, our city is one of the deadliest in the country as our homicide rate now exceeds that of third-world countries. Explore the full story to see a detailed break-down of why Henderson’s public safety plan continues to bleed our city dry through murder and death.

A local gas station’s recent closure and demolition has been publicly blamed on the city’s rising violent crime, though it doesn’t take much to see why some residents are raising questions about the bizarre events surrounding the situation. Explore the full story to see how a ten-year-long chain of events connects some rather interesting dots.

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.

From our city manager’s fanning of racial division, to our mayor candidly seeking to silence the press, to how one man’s integrity had the strength to cut through it all, Here’s your weekend look at all the muck that’s fit to print from the Columbus, Georgia area, along with a look at what to expect in the week ahead.

During the council meeting on Feb. 28, 2023, several speakers falsely claimed Chief Freddie Blackmon failed because ‘racist’ officials ‘defunded’ him. In reality, Blackmon sets his own budget, which is 40% higher than when he started. Explore the full story to see how last year’s screams to ‘defund the police’ have conveniently flipped to excuse Blackmon’s failure.

After endless frustration from not receiving the services their own children require from our city’s school district, two local moms are teaming up to create a new Special Education PTA right here in Columbus. Explore the full story to see how you can get involved and finally have a voice for your child’s needs.

Don’t buy the hype: Of the 18 people scheduled to speak at the recent council meeting on Feb. 28, only eight spoke in support of Chief Freddie Blackmon — and they used some absolutely illogical, objectively-false, and race-baiting claims to do so. Explore the full story to see the embarrassing claims made, along with their rather straight-forward refutations.

The city council meeting held on Feb. 28 was filled with divisive falsehoods blaming ‘racism’ for police chief Freddie Blackmon’s leadership failures — though one man’s integrity and courage allowed him to speak up and tell the truth. Explore the full story to see how Mr. Byron Hickey’s 30 years of police experience just showed our city what real leadership looks like.

While Mayor Henderson’s remarks at a conference yesterday morning made it clear he believes journalists should only ever publish praiseful tales of unicorn farts and fairy dust, we live in the real world where exposing the truth is a necessary and fundamental right. Explore the full story to see how his veiled and dangerous remarks just encouraged us to write even more.

In another special edition of The Weekend Muck, we examine four documents from the Columbus Police Department that no one has made available for public viewing — except for us. We believe the public has a right to know. That’s why we leaked them for you. Here’s your weekend look at all the muck that’s fit to print from the Columbus, Georgia area, along with a look at what to expect in the week ahead.