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☕ In Today’s Edition
1. Fired RPD Officer Accused of Illegal Searches
2. DPS Gets More Money in the County Budget
3. Joshua Gunn Returns to Durham
4. Our Weekly Event Picks
Good morning, readers.
In April, a Raleigh police officer was let go following an internal affairs investigation, the findings of which were not disclosed at the time. As with the state troopers involved in the crash that killed Tyrone Mason last October, it was reported that Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman was dismissing some of the cases in which the RPD officer, Kyle Epps, was involved (Epps is listed as the arresting officer in hundreds of cases in Wake County).
Now, the INDY is first to report on a court filing this week that sheds light on the internal affairs investigation and what may have contributed to Epps being fired: he conducted illegal searches of people and their vehicles, violating their 4th Amendment rights.
The filing, a motion to suppress evidence and testimony from Epps, comes in a Wake County woman’s case after Epps arrested her last September on charges of DWI, running a red light, and misdemeanor child abuse. The filing accuses Epps of malfeasance in the woman’s case and three others.
Freeman confirms her office has dismissed “dozens” of cases involving Epps to date and is reviewing more. Read the story below.
—Jane
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DURHAM
County Meets DPS Halfway in Final Budget
With $3 million less than they asked for, school board members will have to decide where to cut back, INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur reports.
DURHAM
Joshua Gunn Returns to the Bull City
An entrepreneur, hip-hop musician and former chamber of commerce VP, Gunn will serve as the city’s economic development director, INDY’s Justin Laidlaw reports.
ARTS & CULTURE
INDY Selects
A tribute to Dexter Romweber, a festival centering trans women, week one of the American Dance Festival, and more events around the Triangle that the INDY recommends.
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ASK INDY: You asked, we answered! For this week’s Ask INDY, Chase Pellegrini de Paur digs into how much money is diverted to charter schools in Durham.
STATE: Senate Republicans are again pushing a bill that would state there are two biological sexes and define gender as biological sex, WRAL reports.
EDUCATION: The state NAACP is urging district leaders to reinstate Carrboro High School’s principal, who has been placed on leave, ABC11 reports.
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