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North Carolina Teen Pulled Off of School Bus, Left at School Alone for Showing Too Much Shoulder
A North Carolina mom is furious after her teenage daughter was pulled off of a school bus and left at school alone for wearing “inappropriate clothing” … that showed her clavicle. That’s right: A 16-year-old girl was forbidden from riding the school bus home, all because she was showing what the administrator deemed too much…
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Tracing Your Roots: Did Racism Force My Ancestors to Hide Their Love?
Family lore about a great-grandparent’s interracial relationship lines up with clues in census records. Dear Professor Gates: My paternal grandmother, Caroline “Carrie” Fogg Farrar, was from Raleigh, N.C. She was a product of a relationship between her mother, Mary Elizabeth Fogg (who we had been told was 100 percent Cherokee), and a white landowner named…
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North Carolina Police Officer Accused of Using Excessive Force on Black Man for Jaywalking Is Actually Facing Charges
We all know that charges mean nothing in this criminal-justice world, especially when it pertains to police officers, but it’s as good a place as any to start, and so far, it seems as if Asheville, N.C., Police Officer Christopher Hickman will be facing some pretty serious charges for his part in the brutal beating…
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Walking While Black: Bodycam Footage Shows Brutal Beating of North Carolina Man Over Alleged Jaywalking, Trespassing
The incident occurred in August of last year, but it was only earlier this week, on Wednesday, that police bodycam footage was obtained by the Citizen Times showing the brutal beating of Johnnie Jermaine Rush at the hands of Asheville, N.C., Police Officer Chris Hickman. In the video, Hickman can be seen punching Rush multiple…
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North Carolina Man Killed While Recording on Facebook Live
A North Carolina man was shot and killed while recording on Facebook Live, leaving a string of clues for investigators. “You’re on live,” Prentis Robinson could be heard saying as he swiveled his camera—which was on a selfie stick—toward his assailant. The incident was caught on camera near Wingate (N.C.) University at around 10:15 a.m.…
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White Homeowner Nicknamed ‘George Zimmerman 2.0’ Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Unarmed Black Man
A North Carolina man who warned 911 operators that he was going to kill the “hoodlums” in his neighborhood who had the “devil in them” was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday. The 40-year-old Raleigh, N.C., homeowner shot and killed Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas, 20, in 2016 after Thomas left…
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Charges Dropped Against All Durham, NC, Confederate-Statue Protesters
There were 12 defendants charged in connection with the Aug. 14, 2017, toppling of a Confederate statue in Durham, N.C., and by Tuesday afternoon, the charges had been dropped against all of them, ending what one local attorney described as “a waste of taxpayer money in the name of the Confederacy, of all things.” The…
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Pastor Who Admitted to Sexually Assaulting Teen Put on Leave
Updated Friday, January 12 2018, 8:55 AM EST: CNN reports that a pastor who admitted to having a sexual encounter with a teen will be placed on leave. Andy Savage, a pastor at Highpoint Church in Tennessee, confessed on Sunday to his congregation that he had a “sexual incident” with a high school senior in…
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Police Bust Religious Group Accused of Using Child Slave Labor to Run Fish Markets
A traveling minister and his disciples in North Carolina have been accused of using child slavery to fund their “alternative religious group” and its operations for years, authorities say. Police in North Carolina have arrested four people—and have open warrants on six more—in a case of suspected child slavery. According to multiple outlets, an “alternative…
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North Carolina Woman Flips Glamorous Mug Shot Into an Advertisement for Her Hair Business
Those of us who resolved to flip negative situations into positive ones in the new year might want to look at Charlotte, N.C.’s Shia Yearwood as an example. As the Charlotte Observer reports, Yearwood’s year got off to a rough start after being arrested for violating a domestic protective order on Jan. 3 related to…