The gag order, first applied in 2018 by Guilford County Superior Court Judge Susan Bray and later upheld by the N.C. Court of Appeals, violates the City Council’s First Amendment rights and is unconstitutional, the city argues in a legal brief filed with the state Supreme Court. The city is asking the Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals decision.
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North Carolina’s voter map drama turned more theatrical, as state senators literally rolled out a lottery machine to randomly select their starter map. It was one of several bizarre events during the second day of House and Senate redistricting committee meetings Tuesday, Sept. 10. Members disrupted proceedings with chaotic arguments and motions. Staffers sorted map data, only to be confused by Excel spreadsheets. Legislators grandstanded before cameras.
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North Carolina lawmakers have just nine days to draw new voter district maps. They’re off to a rough start.
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But it was a clear conflict of interest because he was part of the command structure within a police department that regularly would have to respond to calls at that facility. In fact, he had direct supervisory responsibility over the officers covering that part of the city. The fact that he was operating such a facility undoubtedly would require his involvement and attention when he owed Greensboro citizens all of his best efforts
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Guilford County superior court judge alleges that a local lawyer violated a gag order to not discuss the contents of police body camera footage depicting events between a young black man and his friends and members of the Greensboro Police Department in September 2016, and [the lawyer] is now facing disciplinary action.
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After the Tuesday, Sept. 3 City Council meeting it appears that at least some members of the Greensboro City Council are going to watch the police body worn camera videos from an incident downtown on Sept. 13, 2016, which they can’t talk about.
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The N.C. Folk Festival spun out of the National Folk Festival, which held a three-year residency in the city from 2015 to 2017 and drew more than 400,000 people to downtown. More than 150,000 people attended the inaugural N.C. Folk Festival in 2018.
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Not many illegitimate voters appear to be on the rolls. An audit of the 2016 general election released the following year found 500 of 4.8 million ballots were cast by ineligible voters, most of them active felons. Only 41 of the invalid votes were cast by non-citizens.
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