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The arrest of David Lee Bruton Jr., 36, was publicized by a Facebook video posted by a passenger in a car at the corner of West Vernon Avenue and Queen Street. The video appears to show Kinston Police Department officers punching Bruton after a foot chase.
Here s what we know so far about what happened and when.
- Monday, April 12 at 6:38 p.m. Kinston police respond to the Little Caesars Pizza at 111 W. Vernon Ave. in downtown Kinston after the panic alarm is triggered by a 38-year-old woman who works at the restaurant. According to witnesses, a man threatened one of the employees and walked away when officers arrived.
NAACP re-elects president, MLK Day celebration slated for Sunday
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With the most recent riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Kinston-Lenoir County NAACP feels a public celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is inevitable even during a global pandemic.
The NAACP will hold its annual MLK Celebration this year via a drive-in on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. at St. Augustus AME Zion Church, located at 318 North St. People will be required to stay in their vehicles amid COVID-19 as they listen from speaker Mayor Pro Tem Felicia Solomon, who gave a powerful speech during a peaceful protest in downtown Kinston last summer after the death of George Floyd by police officers.
Family, friends say goodbye to Adrian King
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Family and friends said goodbye to Lenoir County icon Adrian King on Sunday as he was laid to rest in the King Family Cemetery.
Richard Adrian King, a North Carolina native born in Kinston on January 28, 1942, died due to COVID-19 on January 4.
Rev. Tom Warren of St. Mary s Episcopal Church officiated the graveside service with members of King s family in attendance. Members of the community were, to name a few, John and Lucy Marston, Tammy Kelly, Felicia Solomon, Craig Hill, Leon Steele, Leraine Tolston, and two people who had the opportunity to kiss King on the cheeks when he was named Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year – Frances Theodorakis and June Cummings.