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UNC Charlotte 'March For Justice' Fills Streets With Calls For Change

Chants of "black lives matter" echoed off the buildings of UNC Charlotte as students, faculty, and campus police joined together for a three-mile march in and around the north Charlotte campus Saturday afternoon.

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Protests erupted in Charlotte after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25.

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North Carolina's two major-party U.S. Senate candidates are now in agreement on three debate hosts leading to their November election.

Nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism have brought tens of thousands of Americans into tense and sometimes violent encounters with law enforcement. Many police departments are using crowd-control tactics like barriers, curfews and surveillance and riot-control weapons such as tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs.

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For nearly three months, we have watched live-streamed music performances, seen a zillion movies and TV shows on streaming services, taken work meetings and connected with old friends over Zoom.

It has been nice to still find ways to be connected digitally while the coronavirus pandemic has kept us physically separated.

But it also leaves us all craving something more.

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Updated 11:15 p.m.

A forecast of thunderstorms Friday evening led Charlotte city leaders to cancel a planned Community Conversations meeting at the Mecklenburg County Government Center. But that didn't stop demonstrators from marching through the streets of uptown -- and to South End, for the first time -- for an eighth straight night to protest systemic racism and police brutality.

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Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are giving $100 million to organizations dedicated to promoting racial equality and social justice.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday the NFL admits that "we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest."

The statement, made in a video over Twitter, comes a day after nearly 20 players called on the NFL to take a stronger stance amid a nationwide protest of police brutality against black people.

Cooper Vetoes Bill To Let NC Bars Serve Patrons Again

Jun 5, 2020
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RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed legislation that would have let North Carolina standalone bars serve patrons again in contradiction to his executive order that's aimed at halting the spread of COVID-19.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have arrested 125 people in connection with seven nights of protest over George Floyd's death, with the intensity of police-protester clashes waning Thursday night.

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Charlotte City Council member Braxton Winston wants the city to eliminate money in next year's police department budget for chemical agents such as tear gas that are used to disperse crowds. 

The death of an 8-year-old Durham elementary student from coronavirus complications has added grim urgency to the need for guidelines on safely reopening North Carolina public schools.

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