Pastors rally, seek transparency in Elizabeth City shooting
May 8, 2021
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) Pastors and denominational leaders rallied in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on Saturday to call for greater transparency in the investigation into the death of a Black man who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies.
More than 100 people marched to the Pasquotank County Courthouse, where they posted on its doors a series of demands related to the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., the News & Observer reported.
Brown’s shooting on April 21 has drawn national attention to the small, majority Black city in the state’s rural northeastern corner. The confrontation occurred while deputies were serving a drug-related search warrant at Brown’s home. Brown was shot five times, including in the back of the head, according to an independent autopsy commissioned by his family.
Black man shot by North Carolina deputies was executed, family says
Jim Morrison, Paulina Villegas, Meryl Kornfield and Timothy Bella, The Washington Post
April 26, 2021
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Attorney Benjamin Crump, right, stands with Khalil Ferebee, center, at a news conference in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Monday, April 26, 2021.Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The family of a Black man fatally shot by sheriff s deputies in this coastal North Carolina city decried a lack of transparency by law enforcement authorities Monday, saying they were shown only a snippet of police body-camera footage of the shooting, which has sparked protests.
Police mistake prompts mistrial in toddler s 2017 death
April 25, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a North Carolina man charged with killing a 22-month-old boy after the Raleigh Police Department failed to turn over evidence to the defense on time.
Michael Buchanan was charged with murder in the 2017 death of Torrance Adams. Buchanan, who was the boyfriend of the toddler s mother, claimed the boy choked on a waffle and then hit his head on the sink.
The News & Observer reports that Judge Paul Ridgeway declared a mistrial in Buchanan s trial on April 16, ruling that a fair and impartial trial has become impossible due to prejudice to the defendant as a result of the late disclosure of the evidence,” according to court records.
Wyoming ranchers lean on tax break to keep pricey properties
MIKE KOSHMRL, Jackson Hole News & Guide
March 7, 2021
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Gene Linn and his daughter, Laura Meadows, distribute a sled full of hay to livestock at the Linn Ranch near Wilson, Wyo., on Jan. 20, 2021. Recipients included nine Salers cattle, some donkeys and llamas formerly owned by late Jackson Hole resident Steve Romeo. (Kayla Renie/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP)Kayla Renie/AP
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) Upon hearing Laura Meadows utter their names, Norman and Handy pushed off toward the Linn family’s small pasture pulling a sleigh full of hay.
The two stout, blond Haflinger horses knew the drill, easily jerking forward hundreds of pounds of cured grass cut off the Serenity Ranch last summer. The hay was bound for the rumens of nine Salers cattle and a handful of rescue donkeys and llamas that hang with the herd. On this Wednesday in late January, Norman and Handy were cooperative and obedient as they w