An Orange County Outreach Program Is Helping the County’s Unhoused Residents Find Their Homes for the Long Haul
The group’s mantra is “housing first.”
Protest, march to Chapel Hill Town Hall on tap tonight in wake of Yates report
A group angered by Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil’s endorsement of the Nov. 13 police action at the Yates Motor Co. building on Franklin Street will gather at 6 p.m. tonight at Peace and Justice Plaza and march to Town Hall where Stancil’s report will be considered by the town council. On that crisp…
Stancil’s report supports police in Yates raid
In Town Manager Roger Stancil’s eyes, Chapel Hill Police made “the best decisions that could be made given the information available at the time,” when a Special Emergency Response Team armed with assault rifles arrested “anti-capitalist occupiers” who claimed the long-vacant Yates Motor Co. Building downtown in mid-November. Stancil released his much-anticipated, yet-unsurprising internal review…
Rowand art gallery vandalized; personal art collection to be auctioned
Update: The Joe Rowand Art Gallery was vandalized Saturday, Nov. 26, according to a Chapel Hill police report. Two large flower pots were broken, the business’ banner sign was torn and the building was spray painted. Damage is valued at $1,100. No arrests have been made. The report is here. policereport.pdfThe Indy redacted some personal…
Chapel Hill protesters to demonstrate at police station, Town Council meeting Monday
A group of Occupy Chapel Hill members plans to gather at the police station at 6 p.m. Monday and march to Town Hall and the Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. in opposition to last Sunday’s raid at the Chrysler Building. Mike Connor, who was handing out flyers that read “Protest Police State Chapel Hill”…
Chapel Hill committee releases community feedback on police department, praises efforts
After listening to citizens air complaints and praise the Chapel Hill Police department, the chairman of a town committee called law enforcement administrators “proactive and progressive” and says he’ hopes a civilian review board could be established. Jeremy Lange A Chapel Hill police officer is honored in a mural of Franklin Street in the downtown…
NAACP Responds to Chapel Hill Police Charles Brown Report, Which Found No Wrongdoing
The local NAACP chapter has issued a response to an internal investigation by the Chapel Hill Police Department, which found officers had acting appropriately in detaining a black Chapel Hill barber because he looked similar to a suspect. A statement from the chapter called the investigation ” a strong argument for the immediate establishment of…