/tags/police-brutality Police Brutality en-US Copyright Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:06:55 GMT /news/2022-03-04/fayetteville-police-officer-used-taser-five-times-on-man-in-handcuffs-warrant-states Sgt. Francis Allen Terry, 53, of Fayetteville, is accused of assaulting Zachery Lyle Brown, also of Fayetteville, on Feb. 26 in the intake section of the Cumberland County Detention Center. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:06:55 GMT /news/2022-03-04/fayetteville-police-officer-used-taser-five-times-on-man-in-handcuffs-warrant-states Joe Jurney /race-demographics/2021-05-13/activists-blast-nc-republican-measure-raising-riot-penalties Several Black activists blasted a Republican measure from the North Carolina House that would increase penalties for rioters, calling it racist legislation designed to silence otherwise peaceful demonstrators for justice. Thu, 13 May 2021 21:32:33 GMT /race-demographics/2021-05-13/activists-blast-nc-republican-measure-raising-riot-penalties Associated Press /news/2021-04-19/protesters-detained-raleigh-police-brutality-march-nc For a third night in a row, demonstrators marched through downtown Raleigh protesting the police killings of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minnesota and 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:12:10 GMT /news/2021-04-19/protesters-detained-raleigh-police-brutality-march-nc Associated Press /arts-culture/2020-10-26/art-is-her-response-to-inequity-and-invisibility-meet-cortina-jenelle-caldwell The world of artistic expression called to Cortina Jenelle Caldwell at a young age. As a child she dreamed of becoming an architect, spent a lot of time… Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:34:49 GMT /arts-culture/2020-10-26/art-is-her-response-to-inequity-and-invisibility-meet-cortina-jenelle-caldwell Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-10-12/paint-and-poems-combating-racial-injustice-through-art ¹ÏÉñapp Youth Reporter Manzili Kokayi highlights how local artists and activists are producing art during lockdown to cope with and amplify the lives taken… Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:12:01 GMT /race-demographics/2020-10-12/paint-and-poems-combating-racial-injustice-through-art Manzili Kokayi /arts-culture/2020-09-08/keith-knights-new-hulu-show-woke-is-evergreen-but-very-timely In the pilot episode of cartoonist Keith Knight’s new Hulu show "Woke," the main character Keef is putting up posters in a park when police officers show… Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:58:51 GMT /arts-culture/2020-09-08/keith-knights-new-hulu-show-woke-is-evergreen-but-very-timely Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-08-28/fighting-evictions Hundreds of thousands of North Carolina renters are at risk of being forced out of their homes now that government moratoriums on evictions have expired.… Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:10:51 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-08-28/fighting-evictions Leoneda Inge, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /2020-08-14/body-camera-video-of-george-floyd-and-police-offers-new-details-of-deadly-encounter In the police video, Officer Tou Thao seems to get increasingly agitated as the crowd becomes more vocal, with onlookers repeatedly asking him why Floyd's vital signs aren't being checked. Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:22:23 GMT /2020-08-14/body-camera-video-of-george-floyd-and-police-offers-new-details-of-deadly-encounter Brakkton Booker /news/2020-08-05/videos-show-events-leading-up-to-john-nevilles-death-in-nc-jail-cell Officials released videos today that show the events that led up to the December death of John Neville, an inmate in the Forsyth County Jail. According to… Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:06:28 GMT /news/2020-08-05/videos-show-events-leading-up-to-john-nevilles-death-in-nc-jail-cell Dave DeWitt, Elizabeth Baier, Associated Press /education/2020-06-29/armondo-collins-will-tell-his-own-story-thank-you-very-much For Armondo Collins, growing up in a predominantly-black neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota meant several things. It meant that he had to pass through… Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:44:32 GMT /education/2020-06-29/armondo-collins-will-tell-his-own-story-thank-you-very-much Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio