An idea

Back in the day when i was running the streets of Greensboro gatering information for my book "Queen of Southgate" I had observed actions by several Greensboro Police officers that didn't seem to be part of their job. I also heard rumors about other cops, particularly one cop who was a central figure in "Cops in black and white" a series of articles written by Jerry Bledsoe that appreared in the Rhino times and covered his investigation into the firing of the Poice Chief of Greensbor, David Wray.

During that investigation I was interviewed by a reporter for the Greensboro news and Record and i gave her the names of two policemen I suspected were involved in shady dealings and that information was rwisted and used to trick David Wray.

It appeared to be apparent that there were some shady goings-on within the Greensboro police department yet with the exception of questionable violations and cover-ups of some minor department policies, nothings substantial was investigated with vigor.

I was reading a story I had read several times before and never really thought there was a connerction but now I'm not so sure. An excerpt from this TruTV story is as follows:

"The connections both Bryant and Vance had made would prove useful in the formation of "Executive Protection, Ltd.," a private security service that they started with Thornton. The business, nicknamed "The Company," was in actuality a front for a large-scale drugs and weapons smuggling enterprise. Bryant, the brains of the outfit, used his connections to obtain and manage the capital they needed to run the operation. Thornton, the logistics coordinator and pilot, arranged the transportation of the goods, mostly marijuana, cocaine and guns, flown from as far away as South America back to Lexington, where the cargo would be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars to dealers throughout the region. Finally, Vance would serve as the inside man, tipping his colleagues to any official investigations into The Company's activities, for which he would receive a significant cut of the profits. To assist in their expanding operations, the men also "recruited operatives, drawing from a pool of former police officers and drug agents from various state, local and federal agencies," Sally Denton wrote in her book The Bluegrass Conspiracy: The Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder."

Thorton was a former narcotics officer and Vance was an investigator for the state
police.

Could it be possibel that there is a more organized group involving some Greensboro cops as there were in this story about "The Company" and not just a small group of unrelated rogue cops as suggested by all the stories that came out during this time.

I suppose without legal proof of concusion, one dare not even hint as such stuff and dare not to even think of names of possible suspects.

Such thoughts would make for an interesting story, if one had the talent to write such things.