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Moral Mondays, the peaceful protests occurring at the capital every Monday, have grown in attendance in the face of some stringent Republican legislative measures. On July 1st, Reverend William Barber was in attendance and spoke to the crowd about recent Republican changes to voting rights after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision concerning the Voting Rights Act (1965).
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Part 1 of a 2-part series on Luke Hampton. Growing up in Sparta, NC, Hampton was a successful high school wrestler known throughout the state. Following Hampton’s injury during a wrestling match, the state athletic association changed the officiating rules for wrestling. Part 1 focuses on Hampton’s childhood, character, wrestling career up to his injury, and his time recovering from his injuries which left him paralyzed. Hampton was known as a strong, generous, young man with a big heart who enjoyed working hard, competing, and helping his neighbors.
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Part 2 of a 2-part series on former high school wrestling star Luke Hampton who was paralyzed during a 2011 wrestling match. Part 2 focuses on Hampton’s struggle to live with his 2011 injury. Hampton’s head hit off a wall during a wrestling match in which the mat was placed up against the wall. Hampton’s injury has prompted a change in state officiating, enforcing a rule placing mats 10 feet from any wall.
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Suspensions in the Durham Public Schools are disproportionately handed out to students with disabilities and minorities. According to the US Department of Education, 17 percent of those with disabilities in the system were suspended at least once during the 2009-2010 compared 8.4 percent for those without disabilities. The suspension rate is higher in secondary schools--24.3 percent. Advocates for Children's Services for Legal Aid of North Carolina has filed a complaint with the education department's Office of Civil Rights alleging that this high suspension rate discriminates against these students. The complaint is not a lawsuit. Tucker includes some steps the school system is taking to remedy the situation.
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Derrick McRae was denied an appeal to have his case retried and will continue serving life in prison for a murder he says he did not commit.
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Eric Graham played baseball for Apex High School but after graduating in 2007 he turned to stealing DVDs from box stores to sell at pawn shops to support a heroin addiction. After being charged with ten counts of larceny in the past year in Durham, Garner, Raleigh, and Apex, Graham entered the Substance Treatment and Recidivism Reduction (STARR) program. The 30 day program offers therapy options and 12-step programs, a unique program offered only in Durham County Jail, Mecklenburg County Jail, and Buncombe County Detention Center.
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Both the Senate and House of Representatives passed House Bill 850, legislation which allows law enforcement officers to ask suspects if they are carrying any needles. The measure is an attempt to protect police officers from being harmed by potentially dirty needles. This legislation was deemed necessary with 1/3 of the state's law enforcement officers affected and 28% reporting being stuck by a hidden needle multiple times.
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Sidney Harr has championed the case of Crystal Magnum and former District Attoryney Michael Nifong. Magnum's case drew national attention when she accused the 2006 Duke lacrosse team of raping her after she was hired to dance. Nifong filed charges with the North Carolina Attorney General on her behalf which were later dropped due to insufficient evidence. Now Harr has made it a personal mission to right these wrongs but his defense of Magnum may hurt her defense in her current court case.
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In conjunction with New York Police Department, Sanford police busted an illegal gun-running enterprise between the states. The trend of illegal firearms being trafficked to New York will likely increase due to Republican-backed legislation House Bill 518, which states that guns manufactured in the state are not subject to Federal regulations. Cary police captured the ring-leader Walter Walker on a traffic violation and Sanford Police Sergeant Ray Bullard captured Chris Hill, the other leader, fleeing from his Sanford residence.
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Fernando Palma-Carias was a snitch for Wake County’s Drug Enforcement Administration in a case looking into the local arm of a Mexican drug cartel. In 2013, Carias was convicted for murdering his wife Marisol Rojas in front of their two children. Four months later, Carias filed a federal lawsuit accusing the DEA of luring vulnerable immigrants into dangerous drug operations through false promises of citizenship.
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Hal Wilson, a Raleigh entrepreneur, developed a unique system for allowing customers to try on glasses virtually; however, his partnership with a Chicago salesman has resulted in a civil suit that tests the intellectual property law.
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The state, the city of Durham, and Guilford County court officials are being sued by six homosexual couples. The couples are trying to overturn the 2010 legislation banning same-sex marriage and to also fight for second-parent adoptions for gay couples. The article includes excerpts from interviews with the six couples with unedited transcripts available at the Indy's website.
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In this first of a two-part story, Tucker discusses domestic violence in High Point and what the police are doing to help prevent it.
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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was enacted by Congress in 1970 to dismantle the Mafia but it is still used in the prosecution of modern-day street gangs. Some people think the Act does not (and should not) apply to street gangs.
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This week in Washington, DC, the US Supreme Court heard the case of Heien vs. North Carolina which tests Fourth Amendment protections against unconstitutional searches. Its decision has national implications for police officers who are often immune from punishment for misinterpreting the law and illegally searching an individual. Civil liberties advocates are watching this case closely as it could cause illegal traffic stops to spike if police are not held accountable for misinterpreting the law.
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