Kevin Brame

What you won’t find the private police working on…

Dayton used to have a police force of 500 sworn officers. The city may have less people, but it’s still shaped like an octopus and big. Now, Dayton has around half that. Still, racially unbalanced compared to the general population. And, still, unable to find the killer of one of their own. You’ve seen the Read More

Dayton loses a voice of the people: James R. Greene III

Half a life ago, I met James R. Greene III, and yes, he referred to himself that way. He had purchased a recently renovated home on Ringgold Street for his grandfather, that my friend Howard Rambo had turned into a showplace. James was one of the most self confident people I’d run into in the Read More

1 year later: still an unsolved murder

It’s been a year. The killer of Sgt. Maj. North E. Woodall is still missing. It’s time to stop letting punks run the streets, it’s time to stop making excuses for bad behavior, it’s time to stop blaming the courts, the prosecutor, the system, the drugs, the thugs and the media.We’ve all lost something and Read More