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Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 The Associated Press Two former North Carolina deputies are alleging that they were fired by a sheriff in retaliation for reporting his friend’s racist and homophobic comments, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.Wake County deputies Steven Williamson and Alvis Speight say they lost their jobs one month after Sheriff Gerald Baker’s election in 2018 because they told supervisors about Lt. Teddy Patrick’s behavior during a training session one year earlier, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. Click the video player ab...

Ex-N Carolina deputies sue sheriff after reporting comments April 7, 2021 GMT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two former North Carolina deputies are alleging that they were fired by a sheriff in retaliation for reporting his friend’s racist and homophobic comments, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Wake County deputies Steven Williamson and Alvis Speight say they lost their jobs one month after Sheriff Gerald Baker’s election in 2018 because they told supervisors about Lt. Teddy Patrick’s behavior during a training session one year earlier, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. ...

2 sue Wake sheriff, saying he retaliated after they reported friend's anti-gay comments Josh Shaffer, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Apr. 7—RALEIGH — Two former Wake County deputies have sued Sheriff Gerald Baker in federal court, alleging he fired them in retaliation for reporting his friend's racist and homophobic comments. The deputies, Steven Williamson and Alvis Speight, say they lost their jobs one month after Baker's election in 2018 because they told supervisors about Lt. Teddy Patrick's behavior during a training session one year earlier. During that training...

Black sheriffs from state’s largest counties renew their opposition Despite drawing sharp criticism from sheriffs and community members, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill today that would remove the discretion of local sheriffs when it comes to cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The most current version of Senate Bill 101 would require local sheriffs to make an inquiry to ICE when they cannot determine the immigration status of a person charged with felony drug offenses or violent crimes. Not only does the bill make this inquiry compulsory, it creates a ...

Wake County deputies tested out the new boat Thursday at the Sheron Harris Reservoir in New Hill.