Three Sides to a Story
There are two narratives about Wilmington’s dysfunctional police department and Donny Williams, its first Black police chief.
In one, Williams, a native son of the public housing project Creekwood, has spent nearly five years since 2020 trying to reform a systemically racist police force despite being consistently undercut by insubordination. In the other, Williams has overcorrected for past injustices, inappropriately injected race into staffing and policy decisions, alienated officers, and has grown paranoid and controlling as chief.
And, as is often the case with stories like this, some of both may be true…