This is the inside story of how GOP Mayor Emory Folmar saved Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington from a racially biased DOJ criminal probe.

Black public officials in Birmingham, Alabama are failing their constituents. The city's school system fails its students, who are overwhelmingly Black. The city's mayor and council members focus on symbolic gestures in lieu of progress. The city's Pard Board blew an opportunity to partner with Major League Baseball on a Youth Baseball Academy. And, the city's future is bleak.