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Backers of the legislation signed Thursday say it will rid departments of derelict officers and give mental health assistance to others on the force.
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Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
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Video documented the death of George Floyd a year ago this week, but it wasn’t from policy body cameras. In North Carolina, police body camera footage is often released before a decision is reached on whether to file charges. And sometimes it’s not.
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Two bills — one in the state House, the other in the Senate — would stiffen penalties for damaging property or injuring others during a riot. The bills come as North Carolinians continue to protest police violence toward Black individuals.
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Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison announced the gesture during an on-campus presentation Friday. WRAL reports that Floyd’s sister Bridgett Floyd, who started the foundation last year, said it’s a gift to honor the memory of Floyd, who was born in Fayetteville, and to invest in future generations.
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Even after Derek Chauvin was convicted, a family rights advocate in Raleigh says her cheers quickly turned to sorrow thinking about all of the other Black men who still don’t have justice.
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Rev. Christoppher D. Stackhouse sat down with WUNC to talk about what the verdict means for North Carolina and the nation.
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A jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts, including murder, in the death of George Floyd.
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The Market House in downtown Fayetteville will be repurposed. The city council voted 9-1 to repurpose the building instead of removing it.
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Minneapolis will pay a record sum to the family of George Floyd, who sued the city and police officers over his May 2020 death in police custody.