Articles Concerning

Crime & Justice

June 2, 2020, by Frank Taylor

Protests continue to boil across NC, officials offer explanations

Peaceful protests with support from local officials, but episodes of confrontation with police, looting and property violence a common narrative across NC.…more

May 31, 2020, by Jordan Wilkie and Frank Taylor

NC protests decry racism, ‘unmitigated violence,’ but some turn destructive

Some of afternoon protests against racial injustice give way to vandals, looters at night as police use riot gear, political leaders encourage restraint.…more

May 29, 2020, by NC Watchdog Reporting Network

Mass COVID-19 testing at Caswell Correctional after news investigation

NC prisons infectious disease staff beginning COVID-19 tests on all inmates at Caswell Correctional following investigative report on death of prison nurse.…more

May 28, 2020, by NC Watchdog Reporting Network

Media coalition sues Cooper, cabinet agencies for COVID-19 records

Carolina Public Press and other news media organizations file lawsuit to obtain public records relating to state’s tracking and handling of COVID-19 crisis.…more

May 27, 2020, by Jordan Wilkie

Lawsuit seeks release of NC federal prisoners with COVID-19 risk factors

With deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Butner federal prison complex, civil rights groups ask courts to find keeping those at risk locked up cruel and unusual.…more