Jackson Jambalaya

Carolyn McAdams is the best mayor of Greenwood in anyone's recent memory. This wing nut of an acting police chief came in with a chip on his shoulder and expected to have the chief's job handed to him. It should be apparent from the video that that would have been unwise, to say the least. The prevailing opinion is that someone wrote that screed for him and he just practiced it before letting loose in City Council. Shame on the Council president for not stopping this childish tirade as soon as it started. And on David Jordan for pandering to Langdon.

DeLay must be rolling in his grave.

Did the chief have a single SPECIFIC allegation?

Well, he didn't learn that name calling isn't mature or persuasive but specific examples would have been.
Can't enjoy seeing anyone embarrass themselves by emoting in public,

Does anyone think this has to do with anything other than McAdams race?

Satan, get out of 7:54. I call you out right now o creator of darkness.

"I only have a high school education, but the difference is, it was a Greenwood Public School high school education."

Well sir, I tip my hat to you then.

Most important was Jordan's show-ending assessment. He says these allegations need to be looked into. I see a race charge looming. Mistreatment, discrimination, intimidation by satanic gaze, emotional distress, failure to recognize ribbons and stars.

Is the EEOC prepared to 'look into' claims that someone is Satan?

Another friggin', dime a dozen malcontent nincompoop.

I seem to remember that when Jackson had a mayor, not too long ago, that liked to pretend that he was a law enforcement officer the commenters really, really, really hated it. As for the ex-acting Police Chief, you gotta admit that was pretty dang funny.

9:04: No bigotry will be tolerated here, GOT IT???

I will have you know that some of the finest dummies I know come from Greenwood Public Schools and they are good people.

Not the least of the absurd allegations here is the one about the "chief"s public school education. Mayor McAdams, had she chosen to interrupt his little tantrum, could have pointed out that she graduated from Greenwood High School when Mr. Langdon was about 5 years old. One of many facts he seems to struggle with.

Sen. Jordan: if the allegations are true, "we have a big problem here."

That she's the Anti-Christ? Yeah, I'd call that big.

By all means, focus your attention on this Greenwood mayor.

This stems from McAdams nominating Rob Banks, a white 35-year-old constable from Carroll County to be Greenwood's next police chief, passing over Langdon and other more qualified applicants. Banks' nomination was derailed when he refused to resign his constable position or move to Greenwood. Even then, McAdams declined to promote from within the department.

Langdon specifically refused to apply for the post. If you don't apply you kinda don't get hired for a job. What it stems from is McAdams wanting the police department to be as accountable to public complaint & comment as any other dept. We have black managers/chiefs in other areas who respond positively to comments. For instance, nothing generates much more complaint than garbage pickup, yet when they are contacted by the mayor they correct problems or explain the situation. Same way with our well-run fire department. Ms. McAdams is a direct, honest, and active person who simply goes down her to-do list each day and checks off items which the public wants addressed. Evidently Langdon was unaccustomed to being asked to investigate situations which citizens had found troubling. One instance would be a campaign by the police to ticket people (people they knew who voted for the 'wrong' candidate) for no-insurance. Mayor was contacted, she let him know that the officers giving tickets needed to comply with the law also let a citizen find one of them in violation. He should have been glad she gave him a heads-up on the silly caper of some of his officers. And he should have advised officer that police aren't above the law. She wanted a car which had been abandoned on a residential street(and about which she'd had literally dozens of calls) towed but Langdon felt that wasn't up to her to give him such a message. You can be certain he had also received calls at his office but he had the option to just ignore them as he did much during his temporary reign. Reportedly, the other contenders for police chief are not within the department and there are very few at this point within the department capable or qualified to apply. Some officers are quite dedicated, but it does take some management expertise - otherwise you get a loon who can't properly control himself and ends up listing pejoratives from the Book of Revelations as a resignation speech.

" Even then, McAdams declined to promote from within the department."

And we can see why!

I'm just hoping Greenwood will go after Ponytail Lee (ex-fishing ticket writer) who is currently plaguing Meridian as Police Chief under our "Hope & Change" idiot Mayor Percy "Can I sell you some insurance?" Bland.

Nothing magic about 'promoting from within'. And being incompetent for years does not qualify one for a promotion. Maybe McAdams could apply at the Greenwood library.

What are the qualifications for being a police officer and police chief in MS?

Surely, those towns without a police academy send officers to a state academy.

Surely, a police chief has to have some advanced training in civilian life or in the military beyond just a high school education these days.

Aren't we moving towards professional law enforcement like the rest of the country?

My point is that her nomination of Banks displayed a poor comprehension of what it's going to take to make substantive improvements in the G'wood Police Department. Unfortunately, we do not live in a post-racial society, yet McAdams thought a white, 35-year-old county constable was the best choice for a department that is majority black in a city that is predominantly black.