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The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in November 2020 and named as defendants the city of Graham and Police Chief Kristi Cole, 15 police officers, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and 15 deputies.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A city and two law enforcement agencies in a North Carolina county will pay $336,000 to a group of plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit

The Rev. Greg Drumwright and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump were in High Point Saturday to lead the "No Justice No Peace March on High Point" for Fred Cox Jr. Cox was shot and killed by a Davidson County deputy in November 2020. No charges were filed against the deputy. Sign up for our Newsletters Breonna Taylor's mom, Ahmaud Arbery's mom, and family members of Daunte Wright and Andrew Brown, are among the high-profile individuals...

A march demanding justice for slain High Point teenager Fred Cox is scheduled for Saturday. It will begin at the High Point City Hall and end at the courthouse. Among the organizers are Rev. Greg Drumwright and nationally known civil rights attorney Ben Crump — who also worked with George Floyd’s family. The protest comes weeks after a decision not to charge a Davidson County detective in connection with Cox’s death.

(RNS) — Los Angeles pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie is quick to point out the movement for Black lives and Black Lives Matter has been going on for eight years, but he believes it was “an act of God” that transformed it last year into the largest social movement in U.S. and world history.  “Who can articulate that, but a faith leader?” he added. For Jn-Marie, who founded the Church Without Walls in Skid Row, the Black Lives Matter movement is valid without faith leaders but, he sa...

In a Small Town, A Battle for Racial Justice Confronts A Bloody Past And An Uncertain Future GRAHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Marchers in the Push to the Polls March led by Rev. Greg Drumwright, hold a rally at the Alamance County Historical Courthouse on November 3, 2020 in Graham, N.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The ... GRAHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Marchers in the Push to the Polls March led by Rev. Greg Drumwright, hold a rally at the Alamance...

For WUNC A young boy on a scooter passes a mural outside the home of Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man, who was shot five times by Pasquotank County deputies, on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Elizabeth City North Carolina on Sunday to demand justice for Andrew Brown Jr who was killed by sheriffs deputies. As marchers moved throughout the city in protest, mourners came to pay their respects to Brown at a viewing. Browse images from around the city on Sunday: Ka...

Protesters demand bodycam of Andrew Brown Jr killing on eve of funeral Dailymail.com Reporter And Associated Press © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Hundreds of supporters of Andrew Brown Jr.s family filed past his open casket on Sunday a day before his funeral, and went on to hold a peaceful protest calling for police to release the bodycam footage of his death.  Brown, 42, was shot and killed while at the wheel of his car in his driveway by Pasquotank County deputie...

Mourners file past the open casket of Andrew Brown Jr. on eve of his funeral before joining protesters demanding the release of police bodycam footage of his killing Peaceful protesters gathered to view the body of Andrew Brown Jr. before holding a demonstration calling for the release of bodycam footage of his death Brown, 42, was shot and killed by police in North Carolina at 8.30am on April 21  Police are yet to release bodycam footage, and a judge has denied a media petition to release the...

Amid ongoing protests over the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by North Carolina sheriff's deputies, loved ones and supporters of the 42-year-old Black man are expected to march on Sunday afternoon to a museum for a public viewing of his body and memorial service. The memorial service and public viewing for Brown, who died in a hail of gunfire outside his home on April 21, is scheduled to be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Th...