N.C. Promised Police Reform a Year Ago. Did It Happen?
The death of George Floyd inspired communities across North Carolina to commit themselves to reforming policing practices. A year later, some cities have made more progress towards those goals than others.
May 26, 2021 • (TNS) The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee to Floyd s neck for over nine minutes May 25, 2020, accelerated local police reforms in many communities across North Carolina.
In June, leaders in Raleigh, Durham and other cities announced they had banned chokeholds and had adopted or would soon adopt all the measures in the national 8 Can t Wait police reform campaign.
Backup singer for Mary J. Blige and Al B. Sure! is hit in the neck by stray bullet while watching TV in her North Carolina apartment
A singer for R & B artists like Mary J. Blige and Al B. Sure! was struck by a stray bullet in a shootout on April 26 outside her Durham, North Carolina apartment
The artist, who family are only referring to as Grace to protect her anonymity, was hit as she watched TV in her bedroom
The bullet shattered her right shoulder blade and lodged itself in her trachea
She faces six months in rehab to regain function of her right arm
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