Name: Fayetteville police chief reflects on policing changes
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Description: It's estimated over the past year -- some 25 million people nationwide have taken part in protests. But were any of their demands heard?

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It's estimated over the past year -- some 25 million people nationwide have taken part in protests. But were any of their demands heard? 

THE FREE EVENT WILL RAISE MONEY FOR THE GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. >>> AND IT'S ESTIMATED OVER THE PAST YEAR, SOME 25 MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE HAVE TAKEN PART IN PROTESTS. BUT WERE ANY OF THEIR DEMANDS HEARD? WE'RE JOINED BY THE FAYETTEVILLE POLICE CHIEF, WHO ACTUALLY MARCHED IN ONE PROTEST IN FAYETTEVILLE. AND CHIEF HAWKINS, TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY LAST SUMMER. WHAT DID YOU WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW BY WALKING WITH THEM? >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW ONE, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WE WERE OUTRAGED AT THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AS WELL. AND THAT WE WILL BE COMMITTED TO REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AND STANDING UP FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE THEIR VOICE WHEN THEY SEE THINGS. >> YOU ADDED A POLICY FOR OFFICERS TO INTERVENE IF THEY SEE ANOTHER OFFICER USING EXCESSIVE FORCE. YOU HAVE RACIAL BIAS TRAINING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. WHAT DO YOU WANT STATE LAWMAKERS TO DO FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OFFICERS? >> YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THEY CAN START STANDARDIZING POLICIES FOR BEST PRACTICES. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO REALLY RAILROAD BEING TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS. ALLOWING US IF IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT AN INVESTIGATION TO SHARE THOSE CAMERAS WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO REALLY EVALUATING THAT. THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A REASON TO GET IT SIGNED OFF RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG MOVE. >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HEARING ACTIVISTS SAY THAT THE MOMENTUM THAT THEY BUILT SINCE LAST SUMMER HAS BEEN MET WITH INTENSE PUSHBACK IN RECENT MONTHS. DO YOU STILL SEE A WILLINGNESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, IN THE NATION, FOR CHANGE? >> ABSOLUTELY. ONE, THE PUSHBACK, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COMMUNITY PUSHBACK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DO SEE SINCE LAST YEAR, THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT MORE PEOPLE ACTIVE, MORE PEOPLE BEING FAMILIAR WITH THEIR AGENCIES AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS GETTING INVOLVED, WELCOMING OPPORTUNITIES, AND MAKING THIS YEAR OR MAKING THE FUTURE THE TIME TO START REALLY EVERYONE PUTTING SKIN IN THE GAME AND STARTING TO MAKE CHANGES. EVERYONE JOINING IN WITH WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE. IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT IS EVERYONE TO BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY HEY, LET'S START. WE HAVE TALKED, LET'S TAKE ACTION AND JOIN TOGETHER. LET'S JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE HIRING, BY THE WAY, AND SO ARE A LOT OF AGENCIES ACROSS THE BOARD. BECOME A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION SO YOU CAN UTILIZE YOUR VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. . >> QUICKLY, YOU SAY YOU'RE HIRING. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS HAVING TROUBLE HIRING OFFICERS FOR VARIOUS REASONS. DO YOU THINK THAT OFFICERS ARE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AS ALL OF THESE EFFORTS AROUND POLICE REFORM CONTINUE? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR A WHILE. I THINK THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED PRESSURES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT NOT JUST ACCOUNTABILITY. WE ARE ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO TRAGEDY ALL THE TIME. WE'RE SHOWING UP. RECRUITING DOESN'T STOP. OPPORTUNITIES, THERE ARE STILL MANY PEOPLE APPLYING TO BE OFFICERS GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO DEFINITELY I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE, WHEN MORE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY MAKE APPLICATIONS TO BE A PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT THEY ARE SAYING FROM THE OUTSIDE THEY WANT TO SEE. >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HOPEFUL, CHIEF. >> I'M VERY HOPEFUL. I'M MORE HOPEFUL NOW SINCE LAST YEAR. I AM INSPIRED. I SEE MORE PEOPLE APPLIES. I SEE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'M EXTREMELY HOPEFUL.

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I'm meteorologist K Campbell in the wr severe weather center. Here's your weekend forecast looks pretty good. On Saturday, there is a small chance for rain. That would be first thing very early in the morning in our northern counties. The rest of the day looks pretty good, partly cloudy, mid to perhaps upper seventies. By Sunday, it's much cooler. Highs struggle to get into the sixties even. It's a cloudy day and we've got some scattered showers in the forecast Sunday, but we're on the stable side of the front. So we're not severe weather on Sunday and we really could use some rain. We'll get to that in a minute. Let's talk about your Saturday planner because that's going to be the day to be outside 63 at 8 a.m. by noon, 71 and will be in the mid to upper seventies during the afternoon. Still in the low to mid seventies by dinner time. Future cash shows pretty quiet, start to the day. Perhaps a few showers in our northern counties and cloud cover to start, but those clouds clear and we'll see more sunshine later on before we cloud back overnight into Sunday morning. Scattered showers are possible throughout the first part of the day, Sunday and then we'll see a band of steadier rain make its way in as we head into Sunday evening and perhaps Sunday night as well. Early on, we need any rain, we can get the drought monitor showing an expanded region for abnormally dry and yellow. That's the morning stage before you reach drought status. So we really need some rain to prevent drought from developing as we head into the month of May. The system that's bringing our rain chances for your Friday night is this area of low pressure along with a cold front draped to the south. That cold front is going to knock temperatures down as well. We're down to 46 degrees on Monday morning, 44 we had to lower the low Tuesday morning because there's not likely to be as much cloud cover and that's going to allow temperatures to fall even further. But for the weekend morning will wake up to temperatures near 60 Saturday morning and in the lower fifties again on Sunday morning. If you are running the Tar Heel 10 miler, we got some pretty nice weather for it. A 20% chance for rain for early on. Otherwise temperatures will be in the low to mid 60 s. Looks like some pretty good running weather for us. Looking ahead to next week, we're still on the cooler side start 66. But Monday trending more sunshine And then as we get into Tuesday, Wednesday, we're likely to be back in the seventies, Wednesday. We've got a cold front coming the way it looks now. Only a small 20% chance for rain with the front, but it is going to knock temperatures down again. Not as dramatic but low temperatures could be back in the upper forties with highs in the upper sixties to lower seventies toward the end of next week.

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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