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Grady Smith's 'yes' vote on sheriff, solicitor raises upsets some

...but "salary adjustments," Roundtree's master's degree from Troy Univer sity and such.If there were a new white sheriff with the morals of an alley cat, a disregard for the integrity of investigative files and the possible loss of government-owned...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-02-23/grady-smiths-ye
Sanders says friends have disappeared

...said. "I have a job. And my claim to fame is that I'm still a part of that historic moment.""I'm the first white sheriff's candidate that got beat by the first black sheriff in Richmond County," he said.Sanders said that with Roundtree...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2012-11-10/sanders-says-fr
Aitken-Fennoy runoff recalls similar contest in 2009

...win, Fennoy likely needs a turnout resembling that of Richard Roundtree's Democratic runoff victory in August over white sheriff candidate Scott Peebles. About a quarter of registered voters returned to the polls, though turnout was less in District...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-11-17/aitken-fennoy-
Pressing the repeat button

...were treated like the enemy - Walker's belligerence became the festival's trademark. At one point, he called white sheriff's officers "crackers." And, like this year, a promoter backed out when faced with chaos. Again this year...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/20/edi_125376.shtml
Editorials
Slain officer's Klan connections come under debate

...Advancement of Colored People investigator named Walter White, Sheriff Robinson was identified as the ringleader of the vigilante...lynching and other Klan activity. The killing of a white sheriff by a black family presented an outrageous challenge...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/05/12/met_372386.shtml
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Character, not color

...not with the help of a Chronicle endorsement. In 1983, the district attorney and the newspaper discovered that this white sheriff was engaged in obstruction of justice. The issue: payoffs for ticket-fixing. In 1983-1984, the editorial page...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/10/01/edi_297638.shtml
Editorials
The same old bag

...Walker? Besides running the festival aground and running away sponsors, he exposed himself as a racist, telling a white sheriff's deputy he wasn't afraid of "you crackers." He'll deny that, certainly, as he denies having even been in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/07/23/edi_89800.shtml
Editorials
Augusta fights spread of gangs

...Richmond County Sheriff's Department. The song refers to the 1998 shooting of Alfaigo Davis, who was black, by two white sheriff's deputies, which sparked a controversy that nearly tore the community apart along racial lines. In a telephone...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/12/17/met_302112.shtml
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Murder trial may start soon

...Lumpkin was supposed to make the final $95,000 payment to Mr. White on Sept. 5, 1996. Instead of paying Mr. White, sheriff's investigators allege Mr. Lumpkin lured Mr. White to his downtown Augusta law office Sept. 2, 1996, and killed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/01/03/met_249106.shtml
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