RALEIGH (WTVD) Raleigh is its own city but it s also the seat of Wake County and the Capitol of North Carolina that means security can be complicated with so many law enforcement agencies needing to work together.
Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker on Monday praised the efforts over the weekend, which brought together deputies, Raleigh police, Capitol police, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the National Guard.
Sheriff Baker said on Monday he thinks downtown Raleigh is safe right now but is encouraging people to avoid the area, especially on Wednesday. Stay at home, particularly if your job allows that here in Wake County and the City of Raleigh, he said. I heard they re going to allow employees to work from home. That s good that if something occurs they will be home and we won t have to make an effort to get them out of facilities and get them in their cars and home in the midst of unrest.
By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter
A member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol is under investigation after a Facebook post in which he called the Black Lives Matter movement a “racist money laundering hate group.”
Master Trooper Mark Melvin made the post in December, and it has since been deleted. On Monday, he was placed on administrative duty while an internal administrative investigation is ongoing.
Melvin tagged himself present at last week’s “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., and posted two dozen photos with the words “Time To Save America!”
In the fall, he posted about Gov. Roy Cooper’s coronavirus curfew order, writing, “I will not be enforcing this.”