Racial profiling Coverage

NC teacher fired over claims he taught critical race theory in classroom

A teacher who used to work at a Charlotte charter school is suing his former employer, claiming the school bent to parent pressure over claims he taught critical race theory in the classroom.

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Shaw University files civil rights complaint after controversial traffic stop

Shaw University leaders on Monday announced they filed an official complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice after students' belongings were searched during an Oct. 5 trip.

Shaw University files official complaint, chancellor says students racially profiled on bus

Shaw University leaders on Monday announced they filed an official complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice after students' belongings were searched during an Oct. 5 trip.

Michael Grace, WRAL multimedia journalist & Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter

Police disproportionately search Black drivers, passengers, data shows

In Durham, 89 percent of people police search are Black. In Raleigh, it's 76 percent; Fayetteville, 80.

Ali Ingersoll, WRAL Investigative Data Journalist

WRAL Investigates practices used during traffic stop of bus carrying Shaw University students

Retired North Carolina Superior Court Judge Carl Fox and North Carolina Central University School of Law professor Dr. Irving Joyner discussed the legality of the Oct. 5 traffic stop of a bus carrying 18 Shaw University students.

Abuse of authority? Retired judge, law professor question practices used during traffic stop of Shaw University students

Retired North Carolina Superior Court Judge Carl Fox and North Carolina Central University School of Law professor Dr. Irving Joyner discussed the legality of the Oct. 5 traffic stop of a bus carrying 18 Shaw University students.

Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter and Robert Furges, WRAL contributor

2 SC sheriffs discuss Shaw bus stop

Two South Carolina sheriffs are addressing the allegations of racial bias in their traffic stop of a charter bus full of Shaw University students.

SC sheriff defends traffic stop of Shaw University students, says there's 'no truth' to claims of racial profiling

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said that his deputies were concerned about a possibly sleepy bus driver who was failing to maintain his lane.

Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producer / WYFF News

NC Democratic lawmakers ask Justice Department to investigate October search of Shaw University bus

Five Democratic lawmakers of the U.S. House of Representatives asked the Department of Justice to investigate the Oct. 5 stop and search of a charter bus carrying 18 Shaw University students.

Leslie Moreno, WRAL reporter

Questions raised over South Carolina traffic stop of bus carrying Shaw University students

Shaw University says it's general counsel is investigating after Spartanburg County, South Carolina, deputies stopped a bus with its students on board, then searched the luggage compartment with drug-sniffing dogs.

SC deputies defend operation that led to search of Shaw University bus, cite hundreds of other recent searches, arrests

WRAL Investigates spoke with Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone about the legality of a stop and search operations.

Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

Shaw University officials outraged after students stopped, searched on trip

While the president believes the students were racially profiled with this search using drug-sniffing dogs, a legal expert says this case revolves around the legality of how officers and deputies responded.

Shaw University president says students racially profiled, searched during school trip in SC

Eighteen students became the subject of a stop-and-search operation in South Carolina while riding a charter bus on their trip.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Daunte Wright's family speaks out after officer says she mistook taser for gun

Wright was killed by police after an officer claims she meant to only use her taser.

Neighbor calls police on Black teenager practicing ROTC drills in neighborhood

Jathan Walthour recently joined the team at Sanderson High School in Raleigh. Tuesday night at about 9 p.m. he decided to practice outside in his neighborhood, neighbor called police on the 16-year-old.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Sanford minister alleges racial profiling in Myrtle Beach noise arrest

A Sanford minister says he was racially profiled and arrested in Myrtle Beach for playing music too loud on his golf cart.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Myrtle Beach officials looking into minister's racial profiling allegation

A Sanford minister says he was racially profiled and arrested in Myrtle Beach for playing music too loud on his golf cart.

On the Record, July 25: How COVID-19 has lifted veil on racial disparity in health care system

COVID-19 has lifted the veil on one of this country's historic injustices. We go On the Record to talk about the racial disparity in American health care with Dr. Rick Shannon, the Chief Quality Officer with Duke University Health System; Eugene Woods, President and CEO of Atrium Health; Machelle Sanders, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration and the chair of the Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force; and Dr. Tunde Sotunde, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Woman says she was enforcing HOA rules, not racially profiling people

A real estate company reversed course Monday and decided not to cut ties with a Raleigh agent who's the focus of a viral video.

Police chief refutes man's claim Hillsborough officers mistreated him

Police Chief Duane Hampton defended three of his officers Wednesday, saying body-worn camera video doesn't support a man's claim that the officers mistreated him while investigating a shoplifting report at a Walmart in Hillsborough last week.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Man says Hillsborough police accused him of shoplifting, mistreated him

Police Chief Duane Hampton defended three of his officers Wednesday, saying body-worn camera video doesn't support a man's claim that the officers mistreated him while investigating a shoplifting report at a Walmart in Hillsborough last week.

Triangle religious centers step up security in aftermath of shooting attack in California

Two days after a lone gunman walked in a California synagogue and opened fire, killing one person and wounding several others, local synagogues say they are stepping up security in the wake of the West Coast attack.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter