Leading the Hunt in Atlanta's Murders Critique/Response

In this heart wrenching case, Lee P. Brown, Atlanta's commissioner, tries to solve the murder of several children and a few young adults that were all black and mostly male. This resulted in an uproar in the black community because they believed that the killings were racially motivated. This added pressure onto Brown by the black community. Many whites, some of his own coworkers, observed him to see if he was fit for the job calling him "glib" and "something of enigma."

Instead of assisting Brown in his case or offering help, they judged him and said negative statements behind his back. Brown worked hard with 6 hours of sleep, no breakfast, and a questionable lunch. He sacrificed much quality time with his family and sanity for this case. I didn't see that he was given much help but was asked to take a break from it. Brown seemed to be the only determined one to solve the murder case while the others described him as "glib" which was quite ironic. Brown was underpaid for the time, effort, and work he put into his job.

Later on, Brown would turn to George Napper and give him the title of being chief. Napper was a college professor and crime analyst with no police experience. Brown should have hired someone as chief who would have police experience from the workforce. This made Brown look bad to the community because he put a man, unsuitable in this position, as chief.