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Forsyth County Commissioner Don Martin, a Republican, says he can’t see voting in favor of a resolution apologizing for past discrimination of Black people, nor supporting the concept of reparations. Democratic County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin likes the idea, and thinks one form reparations could take locally might be support for scholarships to Forsyth Technical Community College or Winston-Salem State University. Both commissioners talked about the topic in the wake of last week’s passage by the Winston-Salem City Council of a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in ...

Critics of police spending protested in front of the Winston-Salem City Hall during Monday's online meeting of the city council, and said during the public comment period that they plan to keep pressing the council to redirect police spending. Some 15 to 20 people, according to an organizer, appeared in front of City Hall with a big Hate Out of Winston banner and signs supporting increased spending for mental health and city programs that tackle the problems of young people and ex-offenders. Because of coronavirus restrictions, protesters who wanted to talk to the council during the council's...

Critics of police spending protested in front of the Winston-Salem City Hall during Monday's online meeting of the city council, and said during the public comment period that they plan to keep pressing the council to redirect police spending. Some 15 to 20 people, according to an organizer, appeared in front of City Hall with a big Hate Out of Winston banner and signs supporting increased spending for mental health and city programs that tackle the problems of young people and ex-offenders. Because of coronavirus restrictions, protesters who wanted to talk to the council during the council's...

Eric Ellison, a Winston-Salem criminal defense attorney, said Tuesday’s guilty verdicts against the former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd will lead to local communities holding law enforcement officers accountable when they unjustly harm and kill Black and brown people. “Derek Chauvin committed a murder, and the jury held him accountable,” said Ellison, whose brother, Keith Ellison, oversaw Chauvin’s prosecution as the Minnesota attorney general. “I, along with the rest of the nation, am relieved, that justice has finally been served.” Ju...

Five Black Winston-Salem firefighters have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Winston-Salem and fire Chief William "Trey" Mayo alleging racial discrimination in hiring, promotion, discipline, harassment and retaliation. The firefighters are all members of the Omnibus group, which has called for the firing of Mayo and some other white fire employees since last summer. Three of the firefighters filing suit currently work in the department and two are former employees. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday, Feb. 11, in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Citing wh...