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Augusta-Richmond County commissioner Corey Washington shares a smile after being elected Mayor-Pro-Tem by the commission. Photo by Vincent Hobbs/UPW

Johnson lands mayor pro tem job AUGUSTA Corey Johnson, District 2 Commissioner, expended some of his political capital on Wednesday, (Jan. 2) to become the mayor pro tem

for the next two years.

Johnson was disappointed two years ago in the wake of the election of Commissioner Joe Bowles. In 2011 Bowles had become the first white

mayor pro tem since the position was created in 1995.

That Johnson’s election “restores” the tradition is merely coincidental. The “gentlemen’s’ agreement”

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By Frederick Benjamin UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA Sheriff Richard Roundtree ushered in a new era in the Richmond County Sheriff’s department with his New Year’s announcement of major personnel changes among his top administrators.

Before the new year, Roundtree had announced that Patrick Clayton, his former supervisor at Richmond County Schools Public Safety would become his chief deputy.

This week, he rounded out his leadership team and at an informal meeting with staffers and their families, he reiterated his vision for a new improved police department.

One of the centerpieces of the

Roundtree campaign was the promise to implement his version of community-oriented policing.

Former sheriff Ronnie Strength and former sheriff’s candidate Freddie Sanders both were adamantly opposed to professional accreditation for the Richmond County Sheriff’s department.

Scott Peebles, also a proponent of community policing, was promoted to major and will head the Criminal Investigations Division.

Roundtree has named Wendy George to head the newly created Community Services Division and promoted her to the rank of captain.

According to Roundtree, the new division will be up and running in about 30 days and will include a volunteer services department and a Citizens Advisory Board.

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Peebles promoted, new department seeks to maximize community input.

which stipulated that the race of the mayor pro tem must always be opposite the race of the mayor.

Since the city and county consolidated in 1995, the

Wendy George, has been promoted to the rank of captain under the new Richard Roundtree administration.

As such, she becomes the first AfricanAmerican woman ever to reach that level in the department’s history.

George will head the Community Services Division.

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA In one of his first duties as the new sheriff of AugustaRichmond, Richard Roundtree had to fire off an indignant e-mail to the producers of a local tv station.

The sheriff chided those at WRDW TVNews12 for their portrayal of his alleged “snub” of a reporter who reportedly had asked for his comments on the first murder of the year.

At around 2:30 a.m., 21-yearold Edward Yancey died from a gunshot wound while attending a New Year’s Eve celebration at Club Fiesco on Peach Orchard Road.

The story had been widely reported that Roundtree, when asked to comment about the murder, had told a

WRDW reporter that the sheriff’s office was closed and that he was enjoying the holiday with his family and had no comment.

Roundtree denies that account and sent the following email addressed to “the producers” at the station.

“After hearing your 5:00 pm News cast I wanted clarify a situation. The reporter who called me this morning . . .

NEVER asked me to comment on this morning’s Homicide.

HE advised that he knew it was a Holiday but wanted to speak to me about my first day at work. I advised him that the Office was closed today because it was a Holiday and that I would not be into the Office until tomorrow. He then asked if he could meet Continued on next page

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Augusta-Richmond commissioner Bill Fennoy takes the oath of office as Judge Carl Brown (R) administers the declaration. Photo by Vincent Hobbs/UPW

New commissioners sworn in AUGUSTA Commissioners representing Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 took their places after being sworn in on Wednesday, January 2. William Fennoy (Dist.1), Mary Davis (Dist.3), Bill Lockett (Dist.5), Donnie Smith (Dist.7) and Marion Williams (Dist.9).

With the exception of Bill Lockett, who was unopposed, the commissioners are all brand new. Commissioner Williams, however, had served as a commissioner in the past.

In their first official act they elected Commissioner Corey Johnson as mayor pro tem and received their committee assignments.

Mayor pro tem from page 3 served out the unexpired term of mayor Bob Young who retired to work for the federal government.)

Those unfamiliar with the peculiarities of Augusta politics may wonder why the mayor pro tem position had become the “exclusive province” of black commissioners.

The arrangement which created racial musical chairs was seen as necessary to gather minority support for the consolidation bill back in 1995.

New Committee Chairs are as follows: Engineering Services: Joe Jackson Finance: Wayne Guilfoyle Administrative Services: Bill Lockett Public Services: Grady Smith Public Safety: Alvin Mason

Sheriff refutes claim from page 3 me in front of the Sheriff’s Office, to which my reply was “No, I plan to spend the day with my family.”

I would ask that in the future, if you plan to use a quote from me, that you please use it in the correct content and could you have your News Director call me at their earliest convenience.

UrbanProWeekly called Estelle Parsley, WRDW’s VP of News and Operations to ask if they had responded to Mr. Roundtree’s request but had not received a response at the time of this report.

Augusta-Richmond County commissioner Mary Davis takes the oath of office as retired Judge John Fleming administers the declaration.

Photo by Vincent Hobbs/UPW AugustaRichmond commissioner Donnie Smith takes the oath of office as Judge William Jennings administers the declaration.

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AugustaRichmond commissioner Marion Williams takes the oath of office as Judge Carl Brown (R) administers the declaration.

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“I was taught and learned to give back to the community that gave me so much.”

– Inga N. Hicks –

UrbanProWeekly: Where were you born and where did you grow up?

INGA HICKS: I am a native of Augusta. I was born and raised here.

I attended Richmond County public schools and graduated from Glenn Hills High School.

While attending high school, I was a member of the debate team, girls’ junior varsity and varsity basketball and softball teams.

I am a teacher’s kid. My mother is a retired Richmond County public school teacher and my father was a mechanic for Kendall Company. I am the first attorney in my family.

UPW: Where did you attend law school?

HICKS: I graduated from the University of Akron, School of Law, Akron, Ohio. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to become an attorney. The road to law school was a long and winding road for me. I attended law school in my thirties with my pre-teen son in tow. Matthew and I packed our household into a U-Haul truck and drove through the West, Virginia mountains to Akron, Ohio. It was an adventure. It was cold. It was difficult, but anything in life worth having is challenging to obtain.

UPW: You’ve served as assistant

district attorney for this area. Was your first legal job in the public sector? If so, why did you choose that over the private sector?

they learn about the law in the classroom rather than in the courtroom. Why did you feel that such a program was necessary?

HICKS: Well, I think prosecution chose me, at that time and in that space. My intentions when entering law school was to practice civil law.

I had a business background and Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Therefore, I believed I was more suited for civil practice.

Yet, once I interned as a juvenile prosecutor in Canton, Ohio, while also working as judicial law clerk for the Honorable Annalisa S. Williams in Akron, Ohio, I fell in love with the courtroom, and more specifically trial work.

It was in that time that I began to understand the power and discretion vested in prosecutors and how that power and discretion, can impact, for all intents and purposes, the foreseeable future of the lives of the victims, defendants, their loved ones and the community at large.

I believed that I had something to contribute back home on a road less traveled by African American attorneys. The Honorable Daniel J. Craig afforded me that opportunity.

HICKS: The program was named the Augusta Judicial Circuit Street Law Program. Quite simply, prosecuting young people in adult court, as adults and not doing something to help prevent them from coming into our court as defendants began to take its toll on this single mother of a young African American male.

From my experience and perspective I understood that information and accountability are key elements in decision making.

Some prosecutors will say, “We are not social workers.” But I disagree.

Prosecutors ask the public to give them their jobs when they run for office. Prosecutors are paid by the public to provide a service to and for the public and society at large. In that vein, prosecutors are the consummate social workers. Who better to inform young people about the potential criminal consequences of their actions than a prosecuting attorney? I am who I am today because of those folk that took the time to make a difference in my life. They include my parents, my family and my community. I was taught and learned to give back to the community that gave me so much.

All young people have the capacity to make an inordinate amount of

UPW: In the past, you organized a program that was aimed at exposing students to area legal professionals in hopes that

bad choices that have the potential to detrimentally affect their lives.

Sometimes the difference between a bad decision with a detrimental outcome and a wise choice is the right listening ear. You’d be surprised how many “hypothetical” questions turn into opportunities to help a young person make the right decision. It’s called mentorship and caring enough to want to make a difference in the lives of others, even just one other.

Our young people are worth it.

UPW: With public life often comes politics. Have you been asked to run for office or have you ever seriously considering running for office?

HICKS: As a private attorney, I don’t believe that I live a public life. I have heard and even read that I have been considered as a political candidate in the not so distant past. I consider any whispers of suggestions that I should serve as an elected official as compliments from my peers, for which I am humbled.

UPW: You’re in private practice now. What were some of the most important lessons you learned as a prosecutor that will make you a more effective criminal defense attorney?

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INGA HICKS PC from page 5 HICKS: I learned to trust myself. I know that I have everything I need: the education, the preparation, the tenacity, the experience and the determination to earn a good result for my clients.

I learned to be prepared. Being prepared can mean the difference between a dismissal of charges and a criminal conviction.

There is absolutely no way to be prepared between 9 am and 5 pm Monday thru Friday. I am often in my office late in the evening and on the weekends. You have to know your client’s case like you know yourself.

I learned to question everything and everyone. There is no way to be prepared by merely following the logic of others. I’ve learned to look for what’s missing. The truth is often hidden in what is missing.

UPW: Some attorneys have expressed disappointment that our criminal justice system is often weighted in favor of the rich and powerful. What is your view on that subject?

HICKS: I believe that everything in our county tends to be weighted in favor of the rich and powerful.

Our founding fathers, generations earlier knew this as well, therefore they drafted our Constitution. That great document gives us a system of checks and balances by dividing the government into branches that serve as inspectors, to each other.

In other words, the founding fathers did not leave what was the right, just or fair thing to do to those with the “power to do it” alone. Therefore, our system of government of which our criminal justice system is an integral part, is based in guarded trust and accountability. You have to hold the criminal justice system accountable.

To do so, you must be active and inspect. What does this mean? This means in order to get your individual measure of justice you have to be active, show up and demand your measure of justice. When I say, “you” I mean the collective. Injustice is free, but justice exacts payment.

UPW: A background in law can lead a person to enter so many different fields. Why have you chosen private practice at this stage in your career?

HICKS: Private practice was always the goal. Timing was the only question. My priorities dictated that I ensure that my son acquire a college education prior to me assuming the risks associated with private practice.

UPW: Tell us about some of the services that your firm can provide.

HICKS: My practice areas include criminal defense, personal injury, family law and simple wills.

I represent criminal defendants in federal court, superior court and state court. I represent clients that have been charged with traffic offenses, misdemeanors and felonies.

I represent clients that have been injured in car accidents and injured while on the premises/property of others. I represent clients that are seeking a divorce, child support and child custody. Our office also drafts simple wills for clients that are in need of wills.

UPW: Some attorneys bemoan the lack of opportunity for African Americans in Richmond County.

What needs to happen to make things better and would you encourage aspiring attorneys to stay in the Augusta area?

HICKS: Yes, I would most definitely encourage aspiring African American attorneys to remain in the Augusta area. I moved to Ohio to attend law school. Upon graduation, I had the opportunity to remain in Ohio and practice law; I chose to return home. To encourage aspiring attorneys to stay in the Augusta area, we need to nurture and mentor them and give them a sense of connectedness so they will want to return to Augusta.

Inga N. Hicks has a passion for trial law and represents criminal defendants in federal court, superior court and state court. Photo by Vincent Hobbs I understand how some practicing attorneys may believe that there are more opportunities in larger places. I believe that there is no other place to make a bigger impact on the community than Augusta, Georgia. The law is one of those unique professions where you can make your own success!

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3 Reasons To Love Django Unchained

By Dr. Boyce Watkins Professor, Syracuse University

to pay money to see it.

I had my own reasons for loving Django Unchained, and here they After reading this week about the are: objections that director Spike Lee 1) There was a legitimate Africanhad about the new film Django American hero: Jamie Foxx, who Unchained, I was both curious and played Django, was one of the few concerned. I wanted to see the film serious black heroes ever produced myself in order to determine if Spike by Hollywood, a place that tends to actually had a point in his critique. I put black people in a really degradalso hoped that Spike would explain ing box. Django wasn’t just a sidehimself a bit more, instead of mak- kick or comedic buffoon. He didn’t ing brief, even cryptic, remarks about have some ridiculous set of characthe project on his Twitter feed. I love ter flaws like Will Smith’s conflicted Spike and his films, but the nature of hero in the movie Hancock. He didn’t his criticism didn’t make much sense need a white man to save him, like to me, given that he’d never seen the most other fictional or non-fictional film in the first place. I’ve seen sever- accounts we see on screen. Instead, al Quentin Tarantino films in the past, Django was simply a strong, brave, and I honestly find the man to be bril- highly-skilled black man who loved liant, creative and extremely weird. I his wife enough to put his life on the wondered if Spike had a point. line to save her. In fact, I dare say he But after seeing the film, I have to say was downright inspirational, which is that I think the great Spike Lee might more than you can say about the black have been wrong on this one. By the men in The Color Purple. end of the movie, nearly everyone in 2) It had a beautiful portrayal of the theater was clapping, the story black love: Far too many Hollywood was powerful and the cinematography films enjoy highlighting the inceswas stunning. Tarantino hit the nail sant conflict between black men and on the head, and he’s probably going women. We live in a world where to win a few well-deserved awards. love and marriage are consistently If you want to understand this film, replaced by abuse, addiction and baby imagine a mainstream version of the mama drama (just watch nearly any John Singleton film Rosewood, with a VH1 show or listen to the radio to see lot more action. To be honest, only a at least 25 examples of what I’m talkwhite guy could have made this movie ing about). Django’s’ deep love for and convinced so many white people his wife and desire to save her from

her slave masters struck a cord with anyone who has had a first hand experience with meaningful love. It was awesome to watch a black man show bravery in order to protect his family.

3) An in-your-face portrayal of slavery: Most of us are given the polite story about slavery when we’re in school. It’s as if the period of bondage was but a moment in history, followed by Abraham Lincoln giving us our freedom, and Martin Luther King giving us a speech.....oh, then we got a black president. This film, to the extent that it is historically accurate, probably mortified many of the people in the audience by showing the depths of dehumanization that took place during the greatest holocaust in American history. Unfortunately, this film will be the best education on slavery that many of the audience members will ever receive, but it’s certainly better than nothing.

The bottom line is that Django Unchained was a great film, and I think Spike’s criticism might have been unwarranted. I don’t think that every depiction of slavery has to be a purely educational endeavor which turns the movie theater into a history class. It’s OK to laugh, fight, love, live and learn, all at the same time. Even Quentin’s liberal use of the n-word in the film didn’t seem in the least bit out of context (you can’t say the same about his n-word rant during Pulp

Fiction). I argue that he went out of his way to be respectful.

No matter how we feel about Django Unchained, we should be sure to remember that the best way to have our stories told is to tell them ourselves. Gaining the ability to finance our own projects creates both the opportunity and the responsibility to make films that present a more accurate representation of black humanity and the black experience. Life does imitate art, and if we want to put an end to some of the shucking, jiving and buck dancing many of us still see in our communities, then managing the imagery of ourselves in both film and music might be a great place to start. I would personally rather see young black men become inspired by brave men like Django than by the rapper 2 Chainz. Django was willing to go to the ends of the earth to protect and preserve his family; 2 Chainz raps about appreciating women as a “big booty hoe” – those are two very different interpretations of black masculinity.

I congratulate Quentin, Jamie, Kerry, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson for an extraordinary film. Django Unchained was a classic for the ages.

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Watch Night celebrates 150 Years since Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) Congregants at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cried out in testimony, prayer and song at a New Year’s Eve service recalling the vigils held by blacks 150 years ago as they awaited President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The document that helped end slavery in the United States resonated deeply in Charleston, where thousands of enslaved Africans arrived in America from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. The first shots of the Civil War also were fired in Charleston in 1861 “It’s not just an African-American celebration, it’s an American celebration, akin to the Fourth of July,” Reverend Clementa Pinckney said to 100 congregants at the two-hour service, known as Watch Night. “It’s freedom come full circle.”

As he read aloud excerpts from the proclamation, he told the congregation, “We stand on the shoulders of abolitionists and missionaries.”

The lights inside the 194-yearold church were turned off shortly before midnight. In the dark, a succession of singers in a minute-

by-minute countdown to the new year called, “Watchman, watchman, please tell me the hour of the night.”

The minister’s response pierced the darkness. “It is three minutes to midnight,” then “It is two minutes to the new year,” then “Last chance to pray in 2012.” Finally, “It is now the new year. Freedom has come.”

Watch Night, a historical New Year’s Eve tradition of reflection and prayer in some American Protestant churches, became a tradition in African-American churches starting in 1862.

That night, on “Freedom’s Eve,” black churches and abolitionist communities waited for what 19th-century abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass wrote was “the glorious morning of liberty about to dawn upon us.”

The proclamation, which Lincoln issued on Jan. 1, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, formally declared free millions of slaves in rebellious states that had left the United States and were not occupied by federal troops. It also allowed black men who had been enslaved to join the Union Army and Navy.

Though slavery was not fully abolished until the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in

1865, Watch Night was “a celebration of what freedom might mean,” said Dawn Chitty, education director of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., which focuses on the history and contributions of the United States Colored Troops.

“It wasn’t just about being free to walk away from chains and shackles and forced labor, but about having a chance to fight for a country that didn’t uphold any rights that you had at the time,” she said.

Historians and scholars agree that slaves in the South were aware of the coming proclamation, which had been published months before it was signed.

“Groups of people gathered together with song, prayer, programs, whatever they could do, to recognize what was coming at midnight,” Chitty said.

A few years later in 1868, Charleston blacks began holding an annual Emancipation Day parade, a tradition that they planned to repeat on Tuesday with floats, marching bands and community organizations taking part.

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•Fully equipped kitchens •Mini-blinds •Pool •Laundry facilities •Total electric central heat and air •Washer and dryer connections in some •On-site courtesy officer •Near Ft. Gordon •Gas heat/hot water heaters •Playground •Picnic area/grills •Prices are subject to change

Caffee Wright is the owner of The Counseling Group. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified School Counselor in the state of Georgia, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and a Master Addiction Counselor.

Individual Therapy Family Therapy Staff Development Workshops Consultation Foster Parent Training Multiple Offender Treatment Group Counseling Clinical Evaluations Family Violence Intervention

(706) 772-7500 3026 Deans Bridge Road • Augusta, GA 30906 Insurance, WellCare, and Amerigroup provider