Henrietta Mason, Tyrone Mason’s mother, has filed a federal lawsuit against Trooper Garrett Macario, who chased her son before he wrecked and failed to render aid, as well as a notice of claim against the Raleigh Police Department.
Jane Porter
Jane Porter is Wake County editor of the INDY, covering Raleigh and other communities across Wake County. She first joined the staff in 2013 and is a former INDY intern, staff writer, and editor-in-chief, first joining the staff in 2013.
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Change Is Coming to Fayetteville Street in Downtown Raleigh
The public is invited to weigh in on some proposed aesthetic changes and new opportunities to activate Raleigh’s premier corridor.
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Court Filing Alleges Fired Raleigh PD Officer Conducted Illegal Searches
Raleigh PD fired officer Kyle Epps in April following an internal affairs investigation, the findings of which weren’t released publicly. Dozens of cases in which Epps was the charging officer have been dismissed.
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Anti-LGBTQ Concrete Company Fails to Weigh Down Morrisville Pride Event
An out-of-town concrete company showed up as a vendor at Morrisville’s Pride in the Park event. Community members walled them in and drowned them out.
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In Raleigh, Gawker’s Former “Editor of the Internet” Turns Toward Analog Media
Neetzan Zimmerman and Yulia Shamis will open The Newsagent’s, a cultural hub that’s part bookshop, part coffee shop, part event space in the Mahler building on Fayetteville Street this summer.
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Tyrone Mason’s Family, Lawyers and Local Activists Speak Out Against Wake DA’s Decision Not to Charge Troopers Who Lied About Fatal Crash
At a press conference Thursday, lawyers for the Mason family, which has filed a federal lawsuit against one of the troopers, said they were adding a notice of claim against Raleigh PD for its negligence in investigating the crash.
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Recordings Show NC Trooper, Supervisor Lied to Raleigh PD About Tyrone Mason Crash
In other updates to the case, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said she will not charge the state Highway Patrol officers involved and Mason’s mother filed a federal lawsuit.
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Artsplosure, AfroFuturism Fest, a Durham showing of documentary “No Other Land,” and more events we recommend around the Triangle this week.
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A City of Raleigh Museum Talk Expounds on the Capital’s Historic Madams and Sex Workers
Historian and archivist Madison Phillips’s talk draws from her research combing through Raleigh census records, city directories, Sanborn fire insurance maps, and old newspaper clippings.
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In Debut Film “Growing Pains,” a Triangle Writer Transmits a Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Story
Mariana Fabian, a co-writer and associate producer on the full-length, independent feature, drew on her own experience of growing up queer in a North Carolina Hispanic household.