More than a dozen current and former firefighters are calling out leaders within the Winston-Salem Fire Department for allowing a culture of racism and hatred to fester. During a press conference on Monday, July 20, members of Omnibus, a local organization of Black firefighters, laid out a history of racism that includes gorilla masks, nooses, and gobs of used chewing tobacco.
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The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Board of Education voted to continue remote learning for all students for at least the first nine weeks of the 2020-21 school year.
Five officers and a nurse are being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of John Neville, a Black man who died from asphyxia after being restrained by officers in the Forsyth County Jail and after telling officers several times “I can’t breathe.”
Public schools will reopen this fall with several restrictions, but students across the state will have the option to continue remote learning. During a press conference on Tuesday, July 14, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that K-12 public schools across the state will open under Plan B, which calls for schools to limit the capacity in school facilities and on transportation vehicles and includes a mask requirement.
The Forsyth County Board of Elections is considering adding two “Super Sites” to the list of early voting sites this fall. During a special called meeting last week, board members discussed adding mega sites at Hanes Mall and in the East Winston Community.
Earlier this week Superintendent Dr. Angela P. Hairston provided more information on what schools could look like at the start of the 2020-21 school year.
Earlier this week Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that included language that would have limited access to death records of those who die while in police custody.
Chief Thompson, Sheriff Kimbrough and others discuss reform, defunding law enforcement
Sheriff says no excessive force, attorney disagrees
In the midst of calls for police reform and defunding law enforcement agencies across the country, earlier this week the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity invited assistant police chiefs William Penn and Natasha Miles, and Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough to participate in a virtual town hall.
