NEWSMAKERS LIVE IS THE ONLY NEWS ORGANIZATION TO GIVE SHERIFF VICTOR HILL A VOICE WHILE UNDER ATTACT BY LOCAL MEDIA WE DID BECAUSE WE AS A AFRICAN AMERICAN INTREST NEWS GROUP WITNESS THE POSITIVE AFFECT HIS ACTION HAD ON CRIME IN CLAYTON COUNTY. By Christopher Bryant (a brillant young writer) In the story of life it is rare that we encounter a man among men, that abiding soul gifted with the ability to at once entertain, perplex, and mystify. With a secession of not-guilty verdicts – 27 felony counts to be exact – Victor Hill has embodied and personified a phoenix risen from the ashes of saga; a tenacious rose prevented by concrete yet flourished through the compromise of a crack. For thirteen long years Clayton County has been pushed to the forefront of local media, and in some cases, national. Add to the legend the reoccurring number of 27 - shortly after taking office in 2004 Hill boldly relieved 27 employees, mostly officers, of their duties in what was viewed as a house cleaning of Hill’s enemies and the favorites of the former Sheriff. Hill was the first AA Sheriff of Clayton County and his comeuppance was consistent with the racial power change of a Conservative stronghold that would succumb to White flight and African American migration. Hill kicked down the door and battering rammed Clayton County with a new-Sheriff-in-town resolve that ultimately placed him and the county in the national spotlight. He also subjected the county to a court mandated reinstatement of the employees, a multimillion dollar lawsuit, and the birthing point of the Victor Hill legacy. The general populace has measured regard for a man that has made no errors, the masses simply does not know if he is a facade, a city doll that shines in the spotlight, but will fade to darkness at the first glare of pressure. As Victor Hill withstood the pressure of the media’s backlash, undoubtedly emboldened by the departing White power structure of Clayton County, Hill never broke a sweat, he never flinched, and moreover, he continued to fight crime in the county as though the whole of the municipality was the stomping ground of his backyard. Criminals, drug dealers, and gang bangers were served notice. Hill became the essence of a thug with a badge in order to catch thugs that terrorized the community. The voters also took notice and started to render their own judgment much to the chagrin of WSB TV’s Richard Belcher and many other media personalities that seeming took up the media lynching, not for the sake of Clayton County’s new African American residents, but the scorned Conservatives that were ousted from their former positions. Hill surviv
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:35:51 +0000
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