Displaying items by tag: Black Lives Matter
Lawmakers finalize anti-rioting bill, send it to Cooper
RALEIGH — The N.C. House voted 63-41 Tuesday on a final version of a bill increasing penalties for rioting. The bill now heads to the governor.
OPINION: We need more and better policing
One of the best ways to save black lives and help poor North Carolinians would be to increase funding for North Carolina police departments and sheriffs.
OPINION: Viral video reveals the root of America’s policing problem
Yet another policing video has gone viral this week, although you’ll be forgiven if you missed it in the midst of its more headline-grabbing counterparts. The cellphone video, which has received more than 5 million views on Twitter, shows no less than six police confronting a group of teenagers in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Their crime? Riding bicycles without a license.
Confederate monument in downtown Rockingham vandalized
ROCKINGHAM — Before the Civil War monument in Harrington Square could be moved, it was vandalized.
'Black Lives Matter' mural unveiled at Dobbins Heights Park
DOBBINS HEIGHTS — Town officials unveiled a new “Black Lives Matter” mural at the Dobbins Heights Town Park on Tuesday.
OP-ED: How 'Black Lives Matter' should be interpreted
Once again, a prominent leader in North Carolina is coming under intense criticism for responding to a “Black Lives Matter” inquiry with the “But All Lives Matter” retort. UNC-Wilmington Chancellor Jose Sartarelli, upon being requested to allow a “Black Lives Matter” painting to be placed on campus responded with the all too familiar “No. All lives matter.”
