I am not so much thinking of black/white relations (I am from Jackson, MS myself and really don't see this as a problem anymore, certainly not like in the past), but more along the lines of a bunch of southerners getting annoyed at a yankee on top. The speech customs and patterns, including acceptable questions and ways of asking them, of the two regions are so different that without meaning to, yankees often are considered very rude in the deep south.
I have no idea.
I have no idea.
to finish the above, I have no idea if kerik is even from new york. Maybe my comments don't even apply.
Oh, the Yankee thing. I'd forgotten about that. Actually, I do occasionally read letters in our paper that reflects more resentment against Yankees than I see anger between the races.
You could very well be right about that. I was really half joking about Kerik and mentioned his name because he's the only person I know of who could take this department and whip it into shape. But I'm sure there are others who are well known within the LE community who could do an equally good job.