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Shattering Charlotte’s Myth Of Racial Harmony

September 24, 2016 David A. Graham, www.theatlantic.com , ,
By David A. Graham for The Atlantic - This is clear in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week, where intense demonstrations and riots have followed the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a police officer on Wednesday. The banking mecca—the Southeast’s second-largest city—has tended to see itself as an avatar of modernity and moderation in a state where both are uneven. Although Uptown’s gleaming skyscrapers and chain restaurants seem to suggest a city that is both without, and untethered from, history, the Queen City was built on slavery and its racial politics remain fraught

Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott

September 24, 2016 Staff, www.counterpunch.org , , ,
By Staff of NBC NEWS - It's at that moment that four gunshots can be heard, as Scott's wife screams: "Did you shoot him? Did you shoot him?" Wife's Video Shows Deadly Encounter Between Keith Scott and Police 4:41 Unsettling footage obtained by NBC News shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina.

America’s Heart Problem

September 22, 2016 Josh Hoxie, www.inequality.org ,
By Josh Hoxie for Inequality - The United States has a heart problem. We need justice-loving people to come forward and act as moral defibrillators for the nation. We need more people like North Carolina’s Rev. William Barber. Rev. Barber sees the social and political ills plaguing America — everything from moves to cut school funding and make voting more difficult to attacks on LGBT and immigrant rights and drives to slash taxes on the wealthy — as all part of a single national moral problem. His solution: a moral revolution.

N.C. Governor Declares State Of Emergency Amid Violent Protests

September 22, 2016 Greg Lacour and Andy Sullivan, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Greg Lacour and Andy Sullivan for Reuters - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina, woke up to a state of emergency and the National Guard and State Highway Patrol deployed to their city on Thursday after a second night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a black man. According to police, Keith Scott, 43, was shot and killed by officers on Tuesday after he refused to drop a handgun. His family and a witness to the shooting said Scott was holding a book, not a firearm.

Keith Lamont Scott: Protests Erupt Over Police Killing

September 21, 2016 Staff, , ,
By Staff of Aljazeera - A US police officer has shot a black man at a housing complex in Charlotte, authorities in North Carolina say, prompting street protests late into the night. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said on Twitter on Tuesday that demonstrators were destroying marked police vehicles and that approximately 12 officers had been injured. Witnesses contradicted police reports that the man killed was armed, saying that he was unarmed and disabled, according to reports.

Tallying Up The Mounting Economic Toll Of North Carolina’s HB2

September 20, 2016 Alex Kotch, www.facingsouth.org , ,
By Alex Kotch for Facing South - Since becoming law in late March, North Carolina's House Bill 2 has sparked national controversy and an ongoing boycott of the state over its discriminatory provisions. HB2 requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the gender on their birth certificate and bars local governments from adopting LGBT protections and minimum wage laws. This week, major college sports leagues became the latest organizations to cancel events in the state because of the law.

Victory! Supreme Court Denies Stay In N. Carolina Voting Rights Case

September 1, 2016 Staff, www.acluofnorthcarolina.org , ,
By Staff of ACLU - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied North Carolina’s request to stay a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the state’s restrictive voting law. The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenged the law, charging it discriminates against African-American votersand unduly burdens the right to vote, in violation of the U.S Constitution’s 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.

George Zimmerman 2.0 Kills Unarmed Black Man In North Carolina

August 12, 2016 Jonathan Drew, www.news.nationalpost.com , , ,
By Jonathan Drew for The Associatd Press - RALEIGH, N.C. — A young black man shot to death while leaving a house party – allegedly by the host’s white neighbor – was described by his mother Tuesday as loving, funny, and so careful that his family called him “Safety 101.” Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas was killed early Sunday when a man living two doors down from the party called police to complain of “hoodlums” in his neighborhood, and then fired a shotgun out of his garage, according to authorities and 911 tapes.

Win For Telecom Giants As Court Puts Dagger In Municipal Broadband

August 12, 2016 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org , ,
By Andrea Germanos for Common Dreams - For his part, Wheeler, who had promoted the policy,said the decision "appears to halt the promise of jobs, investment, and opportunity that community broadband has provided in Tennessee and North Carolina," adding, "The efforts of communities wanting better broadband should not be thwarted by the political power of those who, by protecting their monopoly, have failed to deliver acceptable service at an acceptable price."

Victory: Court Finds North Carolina Voter Suppression Law Illegal

July 30, 2016 Julie Ebenstein, www.aclu.org ,
By Julie Ebenstein for ACLU - A federal appeals court today struck down the entirety of North Carolina’s voter suppression law in a sweeping victory for voting rights. The ruling blocks voter ID and restores preregistration, a week of early voting, same-day registration, and out-of-precinct provisional voting. The ruling is a stinging rebuke of the North Carolina legislature’s attempt to undermine African-American voter participation, which had surged over the last decade.

NC Governor Signs Law Making Police Cam Footage Unavailable

July 14, 2016 Elaina Athans, www.abc11.com , , ,
By Elaina Athans for ABC News - Motivated by the controversial police officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, and the terror in Texas that unfolded after a Black Lives Matter march, Gov. Pat McCrory signed the Body Cam bill into law. McCrory signed House Bill 972 on Monday afternoon. The new law details who can view and obtain footage from body and dashboard camera. The footage is no longer public record.

Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog And Chicken Operations In N. Carolina

July 4, 2016 Staff, www.waterkeeper.org , , ,
By Staff of Waterkeeper Alliance - Washington, D.C. – A first-of-its-kind interactive map revealing the locations of more than 6,500 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, across the state of North Carolina was released today by Waterkeeper Alliance, North Carolina Riverkeeper organizations and Environmental Working Group (EWG). In addition to swine and cattle CAFOs, the project documents the locations of over 3,900 poultry operations, which up until now have been shielded from the people of North Carolina.

North Carolina Teachers Arrested After 20-Mile March To Governor’s Office

June 27, 2016 Liane Sterling, www.reuters.com , ,
By Liane Sterling for Reuters - Over 100 North Carolina teachers, public school workers, and parents tried to present to Governor Pat McCrory at the end of their 20-mile march to his office on June 14 and 15. After a decade of budget cuts and a general lack of resources, the teachers and parents have had enough. The group, formed by Organize 2020, a NC Public Schools grassroots organization, wanted to address a few points with McCrory. Namely, that he expand Medicaid, spend the budget surplus on students, and repeal HB2.

North Carolina Cuts Use Of Prison Torture In Half

June 6, 2016 Kit O'Connell, www.mintpressnews.com , ,
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - RALEIGH, North Carolina — Half as many prisoners in North Carolina face solitary confinement, thanks to dedicated efforts to cut back on the controversial practice often equated with torture. “Last spring, roughly 5,330 of the state’s 38,000 prisoners – 1 in 7 – were segregated from other inmates on any given day,” wrote Taylor Knopf on May 26 in the News & Observer. “By this month, that number had been reduced to 2,540.”

Duke Energy Flexes Political Muscle On Fracked Gas, Coal Ash

May 29, 2016 Sue Sturgis, www.southernstudies.org , ,
By Sue Sturgis for Facing South. Duke Energy is facing serious regulatory battles in its home state of North Carolina, with climate-action groups doggedly trying to block the company's planned fracked gas plant in Asheville and the state's environmental agency recently deciding — at least temporarily — that all of the company's coal ash impoundments must be excavated and the waste moved to safer dry storage. But the power giant is fighting back with the help of friends in high places. Duke Energy is among the most powerful political forces in the state, with a team of top-rated lobbyists and a generous political giving program. From 2013 through 2016, the company's political action committee spent over $578,000 on North Carolina elections, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics. In the first quarter of this year alone, it made over $200,000 in contributions to state legislative candidates.
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