Greg Coy
Investigative Reporter and Anchor at WJCL-TV (Savannah, GA)
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1 week ago |
kesq.com | Greg Coy
By Greg CoyClick here for updates on this story SAVANNAH, Georgia ( WJCL) - Orange Crush beach party of today would have been unthinkable 65 years ago. African Americans were not allowed on Tybee Beach. Back then, it was known as Savannah Beach. A group of organized college students dared to challenge and change the law. They held a nonviolent protest called Wade in the Water, heroism in the face of threats and violence.
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1 week ago |
wjcl.com | Greg Coy
Orange Crush beach party of today would have been unthinkable 65 years ago. African Americans were not allowed on Tybee Beach. Back then, it was known as Savannah Beach. A group of organized college students dared to challenge and change the law. They held a nonviolent protest called Wade in the Water, heroism in the face of threats and violence. “It was a segregated beach, but because of Jim Crow laws, they were segregated, like most of the South was segregated,” said Julie Pearce of the Tybee MLK.
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2 weeks ago |
wjcl.com | Greg Coy
One of the suspects wanted in connection with a Memorial Day weekend shooting has turned himself in to the Savannah police. Nineteen-year-old D'Monte Keon Anderson had warrants out for his arrest, according to the Savannah police. Four people were hurt in the shootout on Congress Street. Anderson was booked into the Chatham County Jail and charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm.
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2 weeks ago |
wjcl.com | Greg Coy
PROJECT. A STAY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL JULY./// NEW TONIGHT -- A MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED THIS WEEK ... FOR KILLING AN INNOCENT - BY - STANDER ... DURING A HIGH-SPEED - POLICE - CHASE. THE CRIME HAPPENED IN MARCH. KENNETH GORDON ... WAS FLEEING FROM POLICE ... WHEN HE CRASHED ON LIBERTY PARKWAY ...
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2 weeks ago |
wjcl.com | Greg Coy
COLE: WHAT IS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BOARD IF YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY RECOMMEND? GUNTHER: THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE THAT WE WON'T LISTEN, RIGHT? OR TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THIS COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS HAVE TO BE BUILT OUT. WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT OUT - POLICE SAY - IS NEW POLICIES BASED ON THE MISSTEPS IN THIS CASE. ANY USE OF FORCE INCIDENT MUST BE REPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS... THAT WILL THEN GO BEFORE A USE OF FORCE BOARD - TO BE FILLED WITH 3 CIVILIANS...
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