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On Dec. 6, 2019, Raven Sizemore lost her sister Cally Dawn Wilson and witnessed her niece getting treatment for her injuries. The cause of the accident, a head-on collision on Old Red Cross Road. Sizemore remembers being in band class at Randleman High School, where she was checked out and told to come to the hospital. Later finding out her sister had passed away.  "My sister's husband called my brother at school and told him there had been an accident, but no one was aware of Cally’s death at that point," Sizemore said. "After getting to the hospital and being told, we were in shock.

North Carolina GOP wants to strengthen school discipline but some say change may harm Black students © Dreamstime/TNS Republican lawmakers in North Carolina want to toughen school discipline. RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican lawmakers want to toughen how school discipline is handled, but Democrats warn that a change could lead to more minority students being suspended and dropping out. The North Carolina House approved legislation Thursday that removes language from state law listing violations not serious enough for a long-term school suspension. That includes inappropriate lan...

Why bodycam footage is released quickly sometimes -- and sometimes not at all • 12 min read Police shooting of Andrew Brown Elizabeth City, North Carolina, under state of emergency ahead of the possible release of body camera footage in fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown.Columbus Police Dept. via WSYX/AP Disparate responses to law enforcement shootings of a Black man and a Black teenager within 24 hours of each other demonstrate the conflicting need for transparency and privacy and the sometimes murky policies at play behind releasing body camera footage to the public. On the afternoon o...

Why bodycam footage is sometimes released quickly -- and sometimes not at all Police shooting of Andrew Brown Replay Video UP NEXT Disparate responses to law enforcement shootings of a Black man and a Black teenager within 24 hours of each other demonstrate the conflicting need for transparency and privacy and the sometimes murky policies at play behind releasing body camera footage to the public. © Columbus Police Dept. via WSYX/AP On the afternoon of April 20, a police officer shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio. Within hours of the incident, the Columbus Division of Pol...

Sen. Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic legislators pressed for passage of a bill requiring footage from police body cameras to be released 48 hours after it is recorded, unless a judge orders a delay. In a news conference, sponsors of Senate bill 510 and its companion,  House bill 698,   said the proposal would improve transparency. A 2016 law requires a judge to allow the public release of police body camera or dash camera footage. The 2016 bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, but Democrats who spoke Tuesday said the law enforcement shooting last week in Elizabeth City showed i...