Tag : North Carolina

Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Served 23 Years in Prison Awarded $6M by Federal Jury; City Says It Won’t Pay

Y.R.A (BMS)April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

by Y.R.A (BMS)April 18, 2022April 18, 202203104

Durham, NC – In December of last year, a federal jury awarded 58-year-old Darryl Howard a $6 million dollar judgment for a civil rights violation...

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North Carolina Deputy on Administrative Leave After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man While Off Duty

Y.R.A (BMS)January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

by Y.R.A (BMS)January 12, 2022January 12, 202205833

Fayetteville, N.C. – A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been placed on administrative leave after fatally shooting an unarmed Black man over the weekend. According...

Community Criminal Justice Current Events

Police Arrest Store Clerk Who Beat a Black Man Having a Seizure

Y.R.A (BMS)January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

by Y.R.A (BMS)January 3, 2022January 3, 202207464

Rocky Mount, N.C. – A store clerk in North Carolina has been arrested after a shocking video shows him using a stick to beat a...

Missing Person

UPDATED: Ex-Boyfriend Charged After Body of Missing Gastonia Woman Found in S.C.

Y.R.A (BMS)October 13, 2021December 27, 2021

by Y.R.A (BMS)October 13, 2021December 27, 202102082

UPDATED 10/17/21 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The search for a missing Gastonia woman came to a tragic close after her body was discovered in Fairfield County,...

Criminal Justice Current Events

Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed in John Neville’s Forsyth Co. Jail Custody Death Case

Y.R.A (BMS)October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

by Y.R.A (BMS)October 11, 2021October 11, 202101236

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — On Tuesday, the son of John Neville filed a lawsuit against the Forsyth County Sheriff, five detention officers, and a Forsyth County...

Current Events

“Fred is dead for being a hero while Black” An 18-Yr-Old Black Man Was Killed By Police Trying To Save Others During A Shooting

BMS AdminAugust 12, 2021August 12, 2021

by BMS AdminAugust 12, 2021August 12, 202103014

GREENSBORO, N.C. – On Wednesday Civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump announced that the family of Fred Cox will file a civil lawsuit...

News

Black Women Upset With The Way Police Treated White Men Who Broke Into Her Home

BMS AdminFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021

by BMS AdminFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 202116289

Raleigh, NC – A woman from Raleigh, NC is upset and disappointed with the way police handled two men who broke into her apartment. On...

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Video Shows Man Telling Jail Officers “I can’t breathe” More Than 20 Times Before His Death

BMS AdminAugust 6, 2020October 20, 2020

by BMS AdminAugust 6, 2020October 20, 20203 5953

A judge released body camera footage Wednesday from a North Carolina jail showing the morning inmate John Neville suffered a medical emergency and was restrained...

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Police Dept. Terminates 3 Veteran Officers for ‘hate-filled speech’ Caught on Patrol Car Video

BMS AdminJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020

by BMS AdminJune 25, 2020June 25, 202002571

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Wilmington, North Carolina police department has fired three veteran officers after an internal investigation of “hate-filled speech” caught on a patrol...

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Family In Disbelief After Cop Gets No Jail Time For Assaulting Kyron Hinton

BMS AdminJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020

by BMS AdminJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 202004695

Fired North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper, Michael Blake, will receive no jail time after accepting a plea deal in the 2018 beating of Kyron...

Missing Person News

Human Remains Found Near Grocery Store Identified As Missing Charlotte Woman

BMS AdminDecember 5, 2019December 5, 2019

by BMS AdminDecember 5, 2019December 5, 2019112777

The human remains that were found near a supermarket in Mooresville, N.C. earlier this year have been identified as missing Charlotte woman, 29-year-old Anastasia Talisha...

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N.C. Sheriff Helped Plot Deputy’s Murder To Stop ‘Racially Offensive’ Tape From Going Public

BMS AdminOctober 2, 2019October 2, 2019

by BMS AdminOctober 2, 2019October 2, 20193 5826

After finding out one of his deputies had a recording of him making “racially offensive” comments, a Sheriff in Granville County, North Carolina encouraged another...

Community News

White Man Who Punched 11-Yr-Old Black Girl In The Face Avoids Jail Time

BMS AdminAugust 31, 2019February 16, 2022

by BMS AdminAugust 31, 2019February 16, 202245 20488

David Steven Bell, who is 51-years-old, 6’5 and 250 pounds, won’t spend a single day in jail after punching an 11-year-old black girl in the...

Police Shooting

North Carolina officer shoots, kills man during traffic stop

BMS AdminApril 1, 2018

by BMS AdminApril 1, 201812391

A white North Carolina police officer shot and killed a black passenger who refused orders not to reach for a gun after a late-night traffic...

American History Black History Never Forget

Never Forget: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre: North Carolina’s Deadly KKK Shootout

BMS AdminNovember 15, 2017June 8, 2018

by BMS AdminNovember 15, 2017June 8, 2018115014

Thirty-eight years ago this month, on November 3, 1979, a march in Greensboro, NC turned into a massacre when members of the Communist Workers’ Party...