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New Hanover County is in a legal battle with the development team, Coswald and Tribute Companies. It’s over how a parcel of land in the northern part of the county is developed.
Each political season brings the question: What power does the county commission have when it comes to directing development? The answer is complicated, but at a recent agenda meeting on January 28th, 2021 Commissioner Jonathan Barfield addressed the new board members:
“The one thing I don’t want to see happen that the county gets sued. We’ve had several missteps in the past where we’ve got it wrong and developers had sued the county and won and built what they wanted to build.”
Last month, a civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of Monica and Dameon Shepard against former New Hanover County deputy Jordan Kita and Austin Wood for their role in the incident on May 3, 2020.
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Suit: Armed group seeking teen targeted Black woman’s home
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) A law firm that advocates for victims of racial discrimination has filed a lawsuit over an incident in North Carolina in which it said a Black woman’s home came under siege by an armed group looking for a missing white teenager.
The Washington-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the suit Tuesday in a Pender County court on behalf of Monica Shepard and her son, Dameon. It said the armed group went to the Shepard’s home on May 3, 2020, seeking a teenage girl who had been reported missing earlier that day but was later found safe.