How do you get away with admitting there’s enough evidence to convict you for murder while maintaining your innocence? You find a scapegoat. In the case of Michael Peterson, that scapegoat is the entire criminal justice system. Peterson was convicted in 2003 of killing his wife, Kathleen, on December 9, 2001. That conviction was overturned […]
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Michael Peterson Will Plead Guilty to Manslaughter, But He Still Claims He Didn’t Do It
It’s been fifteen years, two months, and two weeks since Herald-Sun columnist Michael Iver Peterson called 911 and told dispatchers that his wife of four years, Kathleen Peterson, had fallen down a staircase in their Cedar Street home.
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The Durham PD’s Five-Day Report on Kenneth Bailey’s Shooting Is Basically What You’d Expect
Earlier today, the Durham Police Department released its five-day report on the officer-involved shooting that killed a twenty-four-year-old man last week. Kenneth “Simba” Bailey was shot at about 2:20 p.m. on February 15 on Glenbrook Drive, after officers attempted to apprehend him for violating his pre-trial release terms. That night, police chief CJ Davis said […]
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Durham Releases Five-Day Report on the Kenneth Bailey Shooting
Twenty seconds after a Durham police officer radioed that he was engaged in a foot chase, the officer told dispatch, “I’ve got shots fired. I’ve got a man down.” According to the five-day report just released by city manager Tom Bonfield, there was, over the communication system, no mention of a gun in the hands […]
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Orange County’s Board of Adjustment to Determine Whether the So-Called Party Barn is Really Being Used as a Farm
On Monday morning, the basketball court of Cedar Grove Community Center is filled not with athletes but with farmers. They’re here to learn about a topic you’d think they’d be experts on: What exactly does it mean to be a farm? “How many of you are farmers?” the discussion’s moderator asks. Hands shoot up across […]
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Durham Mayor Moves Forward with HB 2 Compromise the City Council Already Rejected
Durham Mayor William Bell is sending a House Bill 2 repeal compromise to the governor’s office─despite council members’ rejection of the same proposal two weeks ago. Bell announced during the council’s meeting Monday that he would be sending a letter to Governor Roy Cooper and Republican leaders Senator Phil Berger and Representative Tim Moore. He […]
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Cooper, Stein Move to Ditch Voting Law Appeal; Berger, Moore Not Happy About That
North Carolina’s governor and attorney general are taking steps to withdraw a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s 2013 voting law, which was struck down by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last year. Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein, both Democrats, announced the move this morning. “We need […]
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The Mother of Kenneth Bailey, the Man Shot and Killed by Durham Police Wednesday, Asks the Media and Community for Respect
The mother of a man fatally shot by Durham police has spoken out, asking for respect while the family grieves the death of Kenneth Lee Bailey. Bailey’s mother, Louise Pratt, issued a statement Saturday via Walltown Neighborhood Ministries. According to the statement, Bailey grew up in Walltown. The twenty-four-year-old was shot by Durham officers Wednesday […]
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Durham Projects $4.7M Budget Shortfall, May Hike Property Taxes
The city of Durham is looking at a projected shortfall of $4.7 million as it gets ready to craft a budget for the next fiscal year. The projection is based on expected costs, so depending on what projects are green-lighted before the city officially adopts a budget in June, that figure could change. At a […]
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Durham Police Shooting Update: Cops Were After Kenneth Bailey Because He Missed Curfew; Stepmom Says “He Was Not a Fighter”
If it weren’t for the wind, Gloria Bailey might not have caught a final glimpse of her stepson. “You could see his chest and his feet,” she says, recalling how the cold air lifted a sheet covering twenty-four-year old Kenneth Bailey’s body, briefly revealing the quiet man she’d known since he was four. Bailey, better […]
