In April 2019, Suggs represented his community and state when he testified before Congress in a hearing on the global climate crisis. Kinston and surrounding areas in Eastern North Carolina have been devastated by several floods and hurricanes in recent years, and Suggs has been on the frontlines helping his community respond to these disasters and advocating for funding and legislation to address climate change and flood mitigation, according to the release.
Suggs earned degrees in Political Science & Religious Studies from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as President of the Black Student Movement and Senior Class President for his graduating class.
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The investigative findings of the April 12 incident of closed-fist strikes used by Kinston police officers on a suspect will be disclosed publicly this evening.
A press conference will be held at 6:15 p.m. today inside Kinston City Council chambers for credentialed media.
The officers McKinley Jones and Kevin Page, both 22, have not received a dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons taken by the city. The two officers were put on administrative leave following the incident during the investigation into their use of force in this case.
Officers responded to a panic alarm at 111 W. Vernon Ave. in Kinston. The address is listed as Little Caesars Pizza. Officers touched base with a 38-year-old woman who was the 911 caller.
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As she led by a mere nine votes in the city council race almost four years ago, Kristal Suggs had no idea she would soon help make history in the City of Kinston.
Suggs not only became the third Black woman to be named a Kinston City Council member, she joined Felicia Solomon, Sammy Aiken, Joe Tyson, and Robbie Swinson, creating Kinston’s first all-Black city council on December 4, 2017.
“It honestly did not occur to me that the makeup of the council would be all Black until well after the election,” Suggs said. “While I’m proud of the historical significance we’ve brought to our community, we are simply representatives that should be categorized by the decisions we make not the color of our skin.”