In a split decision on Friday, a three-judge panel in Wake County, North Carolina, struck down the state’s voter ID law, which requires voters to show a passport, driver’s license, or state-issued ID card specifically for voting. In their ruling, two of the three judges wrote that the law “was …
Read More »ACLU goes to war with South Carolina to demand mask MANDATE in schools
“Students with disabilities are effectively being excluded from public schools” because their peers are not forced to wear masks to class, the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that “courts must intervene.” The ACLU filed its suit alongside Disability Rights South Carolina, Able South Carolina, and an unspecified …
Read More »South Carolina won’t enact mask mandate, as governor blasts health officials for ‘frightening hyperbole’ on Covid threat
Like numerous other states, South Carolina has seen its number of coronavirus cases rise dramatically in the last month, though Republican Gov. Henry McMaster claims health officials are using these upticks to make things seem worse than they are. “Yes, the rates are going up but they’re way below what …
Read More »Vax Squad to the rescue? North Carolina town first to roll out controversial ’Doses to Doors’ vaccine delivery program
The program, called “Doses to Doors,” is designed to target ZIP codes with low vaccine uptake and “dispel rumors” about the Covid-19 jab that may be circulating in those communities. The program launched officially on Monday at the South Side Homes apartment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, where volunteers from …
Read More »Home of South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace vandalized with ‘anarchist’ graffiti, triggering police probe
The congresswoman took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to report the incident, sharing photos of the graffiti while denouncing the vandals in a lengthy thread. “In the early morning hours of Memorial Day, my home, where I’m raising my two children, was vandalized with Antifa symbols and profanity,” she wrote, …
Read More »North Carolina cops’ shooting of unarmed black man on drug warrant in April was justified, DA rules
Brown’s movements on the scene left the cops concerned for their lives, Womble noted in his ruling, adding that the slain man had ignored deputies’ commands to stop his car, which instead allegedly posed a danger to the cops. The officers were at Brown’s home to serve a warrant on …
Read More »South Carolina House OKs bill reviving FIRING SQUADS as execution method for death row inmates
Green-lit in a 66-43 House vote on Wednesday, the law will permit death row inmates to choose execution by firing squad or electrocution if lethal injection drugs are not available. Having already passed through the State Senate, the bill needs only to be signed by Governor Henry McMaster, who has …
Read More »North Carolina mayor declares state of emergency in preparation for release of footage showing police shooting of Andrew Brown
Brown was shot last week after reportedly driving away from officers as they were executing a search warrant. Activists have pressed for clearer details about the incident and the release of bodycam footage that captured the shooting. Brown’s family will view the footage on Monday, and it will be released …
Read More »Protests erupt after North Carolina sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots black man while serving search warrant
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten told reporters that a deputy opened fire on the subject of the warrant, Andrew Brown Jr., in a residential area of Elizabeth City early on Wednesday morning. Citing a pending probe by the state’s Bureau of Investigation, Wooten declined to elaborate further, including about how …
Read More »Ex-NFL star Phillip Adams kills five then himself in South Carolina shooting spree – reports
Adams, 32, who spent time on the rosters of the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots and others in a five-year stint in the NFL, is understood to have opened fire in a house in the Rock Hill area of South Carolina, around 25 miles outside of Charlotte. Reports have …
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