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Kinston community reacts to the Chauvin guilty verdict amid its own alleged police brutality Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges on Tuesday in the murder of George Floyd.  Though some members of the Kinston community felt justice was served, some couldn't find the words to say amid Chauvin's guilty verdict and Kinston's own alleged police brutality, which was caught on video Monday, April 12.  "I felt justice was served," Jeremy Lane, who attended Kinston's protest last year following the May 25 death of Floyd...

2021/04/14 08:08 KINSTON, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina police officers were placed on leave after at least one of them was shown on video throwing punches at a Black man who was taken to the ground after a foot pursuit. A roughly 17-second video clip from a bystander's cellphone during the arrest Monday night in Kinston appears to show an officer standing over David Lee Bruton Jr. and throwing multiple punches while he's on the ground. The leader of the local chapter of the NAACP called the video disturbing and the man's mother said she's grateful he'...

NAACP re-elects president, MLK Day celebration slated for Sunday Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp) 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 peace...