Charlotte
Former NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal is no longer participating in a panel on racial identity at The Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamfest in Cary, North Carolina in January, said town officials Wednesday after the decision caused a negative response from community members.
After days of delay, police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday released extended video footage of the police-involved shooting death of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, according to multiple media outlets. The graphic police bodycam footage shows the final moments of the father of seven after he was shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer on Sept. 20 […]
Ever since police shot and killed a man named Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina last week, subsequent action by the police department has yielded nothing but suspicion. Days of protests and riots sprung up after the incident, when the police department refused to release footage. And when they finally did, it was edited […]
In this edition of the Trending Topics, Ed Lover found the hashtag, “#WhatMakesMeAngry” tending on twitter and decided it was particularly apt for a conversation in the studio today. While the contributions to this one range a little, it’s difficult to escape the what’s most glaring in the faces of conscious Americans- the discrimination faced […]
Aaliyah Hall Bell vanished in South Carolina while walking two blocks to visit her godmother.
“One of the first things I did was to get down to his level, take a deep breath and not say anything for a couple minutes,” Officer Purdy said in an interview with WSOC.