Protests have erupted nationwide since the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25th. The first protest in Charlotte took place on Friday, May 29th on Beatties Ford Rd. Since then, they have centered in Uptown. Floyd’s death is another example of police brutality caught on camera and the conversation of systemic racism has been brought to the fore. Protesters are saying, “enough is enough.”
President Donald Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in the nationβs reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders.
The NAACP supports the Black Lives Matter Rally and March happening on Saturday, August 29th at 11 a.m.Β
Another day of the NBA playoffs will be postponed, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on Thursday, August 27th.
Vice President Mike Pence forcefully defended law enforcement Wednesday night but made no mention of the Black Americans killed by police this year as he addressed Republican convention proceedings that unfolded amid new protests against racial injustice following the latest shooting.
Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Barnes.
Davidson College, which was established in 1837, issued a public apology Wednesday for their support of slavery during the college's first 30 years of existence and its embrace of racist laws and policies that followed.
Despite policies on the books for years that require officers across the United States to stop colleagues from using excessive force, there has been little or no effort to teach officers how to intervene, law enforcement officials and experts say.
On June 2, Justin LaFrancois attended a protest against police violence and racism in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, where he planned to livestream the event for his alternative newspaperβs website.
Gaston County Commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of the statueβs removal from courthouse
The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity will hold its first session where the public can comment on Tuesday morning, according to a news release.
On Wednesday night, there was a heavy police presence outside Tony's Ice Cream Shop in Gastonia in response to growing protests.
After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesnβt mention the word ban or that specific flag. The policy, laid out in a memo obtained by The Associated Press, was described by officials as a creative way to bar the flagβs display without openly contradicting or angering President Donald Trump, who has defended peopleβs rights to display it.
A Black Lives Matter sign now fills a billboard next to a big Confederate flag that greets people coming into a small town outside Raleigh, thrilling some community organizers and angering the property owner.
After three meetings, the Council of Understanding voted on Monday 7 to 5 to relocate the Confederate monument outside the Gaston County Courthouse.
A state panel asked to recommend how to eliminate racial disparities in North Carolinaβs criminal justice and court systems must be up to the task because the public wants solutions, Gov. Roy Cooper said on Friday.
A high school in North Carolina will change its mascot and nickname. Parkwood High School outside of Charlotte will no longer be called the Rebels.
A Confederate monument that has stood for over 100 years old was removed from a North Carolina city after officials said the statute had become a public safety hazard.
After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCARβs only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.
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