Barry D. Rountree, Winston-Salem’s chief of police since 2013, announced this week that he will retire Sept. 1, having served for 29 and a half years. “I have had a
Photo by Timothy Ramsey BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE Nearly 20 Winston-Salem residents gathered together in front of the police department at 725 N Cherry St. this past Sunday, even
It has happened again. A police officer shot an unarmed black man. This time the officer is Latino, and the situation is utterly unbelievable. As CNN reports it, in North
It was one of the most difficult scenes in Spike Lee’s classic movie “Do the Right Thing,” the brutal strangulation of peace-loving Radio Raheem by New York City police in
Rountree and High Court
New Winston-Salem Police Chief Barry Rountree made national headlines last week for all the wrong reasons. Blogs and web sites