Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised last week a state Supreme Court justice for suing to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments
Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised Wednesday a state Supreme Court justice for suing this week to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public comments that she says are protected by the First Amendment. Leaders of the North Carolina Black Alliance, Emancipate NC and a minister spoke at a Legislative Building news conference in support of Anita Earls, who is the only Black woman on the seven-member court. “In her fight for justice for all people, she had the audacity to speak out about racism and sexism in the North Carolina judicial system," said Rep. Renée Price, an Orange County Democrat and Alliance board member.
The wrongfully convicted man who spent decades in prison asked the council to ignore an arcane city law that is preventing he city from paying him $6 million a grand jury found he is entitled to.
The video, which includes surveillance, dash camera, and body camera footage, was released to the public Thursday afternoon, after Rodriguez-Nunez s family had a chance to review it.