The Rev. Julie Peeples and the Rev. Cardes Brown choose speakers from the audience during the a November meeting about police issues confronting the community. Peeples, who is outspoken on racial and social issues, says the state had been making progress but has taken steps backward in the last couple of years.
Apollo Rohan Dunbar speaks during the Police Issues Confronting Greensboro community meeting Nov. 19 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Greensboro. More than 200 people turned out to hear the Community-City Work Group’s proposals addressing concerns about police actions.
Listening to the presentation at the Police Issues Confronting Greensboro meeting Thursday are (from left) Jeff Thigpen, Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Sallie Hayes-Williams.
The Rev. Nelson Johnson said he had no issue with the Greensboro Police Department’s purchase of an LRAD.
April Parker, with Blacks Lives Matter, speaks during the Police Issues Confronting Greensboro community meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church, on Thursday, November 19, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.
GREENSBORO — Mayor Nancy Vaughan and the Rev. Nelson Johnson decided to organize the Community-City Working Group about a year ago — after rioting erupted in Ferguson, Mo. — to create a dialogue about police and race.
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Trust is lacking between the police department and the black community, local ministers said.
The Rev. Nelson Johnson says the arrest of a African American male by a white Greensboro police officer is “frighteningly similar” to the even…
Clergy gathered at the Beloved Community Center for a press conference about how the city and police resolve race complaints.
The Rev. Julie Peeples and the Rev. Cardes Brown choose speakers from the audience during the a November meeting about police issues confronting the community. Peeples, who is outspoken on racial and social issues, says the state had been making progress but has taken steps backward in the last couple of years.
Apollo Rohan Dunbar speaks during the Police Issues Confronting Greensboro community meeting Nov. 19 at Shiloh Baptist Church in Greensboro. More than 200 people turned out to hear the Community-City Work Group’s proposals addressing concerns about police actions.
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