Free Post Caitlin Philippo Flock comes home to roost: Six fired from Savannah Police for misuse of camera system The probe flagged four police officers and two civilian personnel for using the network for non-official use, including unauthorized searches focused on family members and personal associations.
Free Post 'They just fish for crime': How Flock does a lot more than just read your license plate Savannah's Flock data is shared by over 1000 law enforcement agencies across nearly all 50 states. “Why would a police department in Kentucky need to access our license plate records in Savannah?”
Free Post Where the Flock are the cameras? A visual explainer The two largest Flock clusters in the City of Savannah are at two separate Home Depot locations.
Free Post Frank Ricci Take 5: Aug. 10-16 North State Grass promotes itself as progressive bluegrass, and while that description may be nearing cliché, you can hear it on the edges.
Free Post The Savannahian Soundboard: August 10-16 Monday 8/10 * Kenny Munshaw (4pm) @ Plant Riverside * Ray Tomasino (5pm) @ Wexford Pub * Open Mic (6pm) @ The Wormhole * Blake Eason (6pm) @ Vic's Tuesday 8/11 * Joe Wilson (5pm)
Free Post Caitlin Philippo 'No sense of urgency': String of Starland and midtown break-ins prompts criticism of police response “How many break-ins have to happen at 11:45 pm for y'all to have someone on patrol at 11:45 pm in this neighborhood? It's not rocket science.”
Free Post Local attorneys score rare victory against ICE “Our client had spent months in ICE custody with no bond hearing, when she was entitled to a bond hearing under the law.”
Free Post Frank Ricci Take 5: Aug. 3-9 Disco took a lot of crap from rock fans and other music snobs when it was all the rage in the ‘70s. That’s too bad, because the best of the genre featured interesting musicianship and considerable talent.
Free Post Caitlin Philippo Anger in Effingham: Protesting the apparent 'done deal' of Project Camellia Signs proclaiming, “Effingham Says No to AI” and “Don’t Let Them Lie the Future Doesn’t Need to Be AI” appeared to fall on deaf ears as Project Camellia has already been approved for a 15-year, 50% property tax abatement .
Free Post No notice, no studies: Citizens get frustrating non-answers at data center open house "This is the IDA's deal. We didn't approve this," said County Commissioner Forrest Floyd. "This was the Industrial Development Authority. There was no approval from the Commission. The project's already been approved [by IDA]."
Free Post David Kyler 'Brutally transactional' culture of Big Tech and AI demands a political response Since empowering digital technology has become inherently political, its control in service to the common good must also become a political priority as well as an economic one.
Free Post Frank Ricci Take 5: July 27-Aug. 2 Kublai Kanine booking typically leans into the super-duper heavy bands, but this one has a lot more variety.
Free Post George Vedder 'To fix this crisis, we first need to feel this crisis': Brian Goldstone and the issue of working homelessness in Georgia As a reporter, the main point Goldstone wanted to make clear is that “at every single turn in these families’ journeys are entire systems militating against their stability.”