Broad NC Police Reform Measure Gets Final Legislative OK
The General Assembly finalized a police reform bill on Tuesday designed to get rid of undisciplined officers at North Carolina law enforcement agencies
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The General Assembly finalized a police reform bill on Tuesday designed to get rid of undisciplined officers at North Carolina law enforcement agencies
The General Assembly finalized a police reform bill on Tuesday designed to get rid of undisciplined officers at North Carolina law enforcement agencies
WCCB Charlotte's CW July 14, 2021 RALEIGH, N.C. — A wide-ranging criminal justice measure focused on weeding out problem law enforcement officers in North Carolina and giving mental health aid to others cleared a House committee on Wednesday. The measure received broad support only after the deletion of newly crafted language that racial justice advocates argued could make it harder for victims’ family members to secure access to certain police body camera footage. Civil rights groups and Democrats on the committee had criticized those changes to what was included in the measure when the ...
North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys; criminal justice reform; UNC School of Law's Prosecutors and Politics Project
WUNC In this May 2020 file photo, police officers in riot gear face a line of kneeling protesters in downtown Raleigh. Two bills — one in the state House, the other in the Senate — would stiffen penalties for damaging property or injuring others during a riot. The bills come as North Carolinians continue to protest police violence toward Black individuals. Taari Coleman felt a palpable sense of unity when she joined a large group of people in Raleigh last May to protest the police killing of George Floyd. "Like really empowered,” she said. “Connected to all the people around me, i...