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NC needs to listen to Fayetteville’s top cop, newspaper re: body cameras and...
It’s too bad Governor McCrory and state lawmakers aren’t listening to some smart folks in Fayetteville when it comes to the issue of police body cameras and the broader question of how to build trust...
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This week’s top five on NC Policy Watch
1. Governor McCrory needs to realize that putting ideology over evidence won’t help struggling students Legislative leaders say they care about helping struggling schools in North Carolina and the...
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As one NC politician apologizes for comments about protesters, another...
Congressman Robert Pittenger is trying to walk back comments he made in a BBC interview Thursday in which he said the Charlotte protesters “hate white people because white people are successful and...
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Rev. Barber on Charlotte: We must “mobilize to vote like never before” to...
Rev. William Barber II, President of the North Carolina NAACP and, increasingly, a national leader on a raft of social justice issues, has authored a fine op-ed on the situation in Charlotte that...
View ArticleEditorials: NC must repair or repeal police body cam law
Two more editorials from major media outlets are blasting the new state law regulating access to video derived from police body cameras that’s set to go into effect on Saturday. This is from an...
View ArticleStatement from the NC Justice Center on the shootings and protests in Charlotte
Our hearts remain heavy in the wake of the shootings and protests in our state one week ago. There are still many things we don’t know about the tragic events in Charlotte. What we do know is that —...
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Some images and initial observations from downtown Raleigh this morning
A door to the state Supreme Court building on Morgan Street It was a remarkably cool, breezy and beautiful first day of June in downtown Raleigh this morning. As I biked around some of the aftermath of...
View ArticleWake County activist arrested hours after testifying at virtual Raleigh city...
A Wake County activist and participant in recent Raleigh protests against police misconduct was arrested early this morning on charges of failing to return a rental car and damage to the vehicle, hours...
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State lawmaker provides starting list of necessary police reforms
Rep. Marcia Morey (D-Durham) Be sure to check out the featured op-ed this morning on WRAL.com by Durham State Representative (and former Chief District Court Judge) Marcia Morey. The piece started out...
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Duke history professor: Today’s police protests are rooted in America’s...
Prof. Laura Edwards – image: Duke University If you get a chance, try to check out a column that ran on the opinion pages of the Washington Post yesterday by Duke University history professor, Laura F....
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Democrats in U.S. House and Senate reveal new legislation for police reform
Alma Adams G.K. Butterfield David Price Over 100 Congressional Democrats came together today to co-sponsor the “Justice in Policing Act of 2020.” This legislation would ban police use of chokeholds,...
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George Floyd’s brother: ‘Make sure that he is more than another face on a...
WASHINGTON — George Floyd’s younger brother, Philonise Floyd, pleaded with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday to ensure that his brother didn’t die in vain. “I can’t tell you the kind of pain you feel...
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North Carolina past helps drive the civil rights attorney representing George...
Attorney Benjamin Crump (right), originally from Lumberton, represents the family of George Floyd. He spoke to the media in front of the Fountain of Praise church where Floyd was laying at rest on June...
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Dissecting Trump’s weird, rambling Rose Garden speech on policing reform
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: Surrounded by members of law enforcement, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he signed on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” during an event in the Rose...
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Raleigh City Council approves Police Advisory Board appointments, one day...
Members of the Raleigh City Council On Monday, the Raleigh City Council voted unanimously to approve the budget for the 2021 fiscal year. Despite major losses in revenue, according to Mayor Mary-Ann...
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Three Republicans join House Democrats in passing sweeping police reform
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a sweeping police reform package Thursday night in response to massive civil unrest over police brutality. The package cleared the chamber largely along partisan...
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Firings of racist police officers in Wilmington provides yet more evidence of...
In case you missed it this week, the crisis posed by racism and white supremacy in American law enforcement hit home again in North Carolina for what seems like the umpteenth time in recent months. As...
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North Carolina is not a war zone, but Tillis and Burr must have missed the memo
Sen. Thom Tillis, left, and Sen. Richard Burr, right NC senators oppose bipartisan proposal to rein in the militarization of U.S. law enforcement agencies It started in January of this year, and just...
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Top Homeland Security official vows federal agents ‘will not back away’ from...
A federal officer tells the crowd to move while dispersing a protest in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 21, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)...
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Updates from the crisis in Wisconsin
For those trying to keep up with developments in and around Kenosha, Wisconsin in the aftermath of the latest shooting of an unarmed Black man by police, be sure to check out the coverage provided by...
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