Reuben M. Greenberg took over as the Charleston chief of police in 1982, after the suicide of the former chief. Reuben Greenberg was undoubtedly the ultimate "man bites dog" story, for what could be more unlikely than a black, Orthodox Jew from Texas transforming a city in the heart of the Confederacy from a crime-ridden center of corruption to a uniquely well-managed place that cracked down on crime at the same time it virtually eliminated police brutality