2021/04/14 08:08 KINSTON, N.C. (AP) Two North Carolina police officers were placed on leave after at least one of them was shown on video throwing punches at a Black man who was taken to the ground after a foot pursuit. A roughly 17-second video clip from a bystander s cellphone during the arrest Monday night in Kinston appears to show an officer standing over David Lee Bruton Jr. and throwing multiple punches while he s on the ground. The leader of the local chapter of the NAACP called the video disturbing and the man s mother said she s grateful he s alive. Kinston Police Chief Tim Dilday said during a news conference Tuesday that officers were called to a business after an employee tripped a silent alarm during a disturbance. A police report said a 911 caller told police that Bruton had threatened her, according to The Free Press newspaper in Kinston.
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With the most recent riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Kinston-Lenoir County NAACP feels a public celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is inevitable even during a global pandemic.
The NAACP will hold its annual MLK Celebration this year via a drive-in on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. at St. Augustus AME Zion Church, located at 318 North St. People will be required to stay in their vehicles amid COVID-19 as they listen from speaker Mayor Pro Tem Felicia Solomon, who gave a powerful speech during a peaceful protest in downtown Kinston last summer after the death of George Floyd by police officers.