The percentages of Black drivers stopped and searched in Cumberland County, Hope Mills and Spring Lake vary from year to year, state records show.
The police chiefs in Hope Mills and Spring Lake and a spokesman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say they are confident that their law enforcement agencies treat drivers fairly.
The Fayetteville Observer analyzed statistics compiled by the State Bureau of Investigation to determine the percentages of Black drivers and white drivers who were stopped and searched from 2010 through the first six months of 2020. The Hope Mills and Spring Lake police departments and the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office stopped and searched fewer vehicles than larger agencies, so smaller variations could impact the percentages from year to year.
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Jeffrey MacDonald case intrigues 50 years later
Paul Woolverton
The call for help came shortly after 3:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. The man who dialed the operator relayed a desperate situation.
He said his name was Capt. MacDonald, there had been stabbings, and he needed a doctor, military police and an ambulance to come to his home at 544 Castle Drive on Fort Bragg.
Soon, MPs were on their way. It was Feb. 17, 1970, some 50 years ago.
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When military police arrived, they found Jeffrey MacDonald lying next to his wife on a blood-covered floor in the master bedroom. The 26-year-old Army doctor had a puncture wound to his chest, but he was alive.