Raid Coverage

Roxboro woman asks for apology after 'SWAT-style' raid at home

Months after her home was rushed by police, a Roxboro woman is still shaken by the events of Jan. 6, 2023.

Roxboro woman wants apology as emotional scars linger from 'SWAT-style' raid of her home

Months after her home was rushed by police, a Roxboro woman is still shaken by the events of Jan. 6, 2023.

Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter

Roxboro woman, NAACP reps give details on 'no-knock' raid at her home; seizure of dog

Shayla Tapp and representatives from the NAACP allege that Tapp's home was illegally raided by Roxboro police on Jan. 6, 2023. Tapp and NAACP representatives are expected to speak in front of Roxboro City Hall on Thursday afternoon.

Raleigh women reach settlement with police for $350K over illegal raid at their homes

Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton have reached a settlement with the Raleigh Police Department over an illegal raid at their homes in May 2020.

Shelle Jackson, WRAL reporter

Two women, Raleigh police settle over illegal raid from 2020

Civil rights advocates filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton after their home was raided using a no-knock warrant in May 2020.

7 arrested after raid at 'illegal' bar in Raleigh

Seven people were arrested Saturday after a raid at an "illegal" bar in Raleigh.

Fact-checking Donald Trump's post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago

Hours after appearing in a Manhattan courtroom devoid of television cameras, with limited photography and encircled by agitated protesters in the streets outside, Donald Trump returned home to Mar-a-Lago to deliver a familiar stream of grievances from a ballroom stage.

PolitiFact reporters Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, and Amy Sherman

DEA raid finds fake CBD products at 2 Fayetteville stores

Agents with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency found products that were falsely labeled as CBD, the chemical found in marijuana, at two locations of The Candy Shop - on Grove Street and Cliffdale Road.

Families seek justice after Raleigh police wrongfully raided their homes

Two families, leaders with Emancipate NC and lawyers spoke about a May 2020 raid, in which they say Raleigh police officers burst into their apartments without warning. They say the officers were at the wrong address.

'It's been traumatizing': Families seek justice, claim Raleigh police wrongfully raided their homes in 2020

Two families, leaders with Emancipate NC and lawyers spoke about a May 2020 raid, in which they say Raleigh police officers burst into their apartments without warning. They say the officers were at the wrong address.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Chapel Hill leaders apologize for raid 32 years later

The Chapel Hill Town Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to apologize for the town's role in a Nov. 16, 1990, raid when dozens of Black patrons at a North Graham Street club near West Franklin Street were unlawfully searched and arrested.

'Something needed to be done': Black man illegally searched and arrested in 1990 raid reacts to town of Chapel Hill's apology 32 years later

William Barnett, Jr., 71, was among the victims of the Nov. 16, 1990, raid when dozens of Black patrons at a North Graham Street club near West Franklin Street were unlawfully searched and arrested. He was 39 years old at the time.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Fayetteville church accused of defrauding veterans, operating like a cult

A Fayetteville church is accused of defrauding veterans across the country and was raided earlier this week by the FBI.

Eric Miller, WRAL multimedia journalist & Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer

Fayetteville church raided by the FBI

A Fayetteville church is accused of defrauding veterans across the country and was raided earlier this week by the FBI.

Family speaks out after judge denies release of body camera footage from RPD raid

A Wake County judge's decision not to publicly release body camera footage of a team of officers raiding a home is angering families who lived through the experience.

Woman forced to remain naked during botched police raid

Three Nashville Metro Police officers have been removed from duty after refusing to allow a woman to cover herself after entering her apartment as she slept undressed, then holding her and two children at gunpoint.

Pentagon can't confirm al-Baghdadi was crying before he died

WASHINGTON -- The country's top military officer said on Monday that he does not know where President Donald Trump got his information that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader, died "screaming, crying and whimpering."

Helene Cooper, New York Times

After ICE raids, the parking lot was crowded, but no one was there to work

Mostly, people wanted to know what would happen next, when they could return to work and whether the doors that this chicken processing plant had opened for them would close. The raid had been part of a sweeping crackdown across Mississippi at seven work sites, the largest single-state operation of its kind in recent memory,

Richard Fausset, New York Times

Trump defends ICE raid strategy

President Donald Trump on Friday defended recent, large-scale raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the way the agency dealt with children of the immigrants who were detained.

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN

ICE Raids in Mississippi Leave Fear and Uncertainty in Their Wake

CANTON, Miss. -- There were scores of cars and trucks at the trailer park near this small town's chicken processing plant Thursday afternoon, the day after federal immigration authorities swept across Mississippi and apprehended hundreds of immigrants in one of the largest workplace actions in recent memory. And yet it felt like a ghost town.

Richard Fausset and Adeel Hassan, New York Times

Hundreds Arrested in ICE Raid in Mississippi

Federal agents raided several companies across Mississippi on Wednesday, rounding up hundreds of immigrant workers in what federal officials said might be the largest worksite enforcement action ever in a single state.

Miriam Jordan, New York Times

No booze for 30 days after raid at Selma strip club

The arrest of employees Wednesday night at a Selma strip club has cost the establishment its liquor license.

Nia Harden, WRAL reporter

8 face drug charges after Selma strip club raid

Eight people were arrested on drug charges during a raid at Gentlemen's Playhouse in Selma on Wednesday night.

Durham community holds prayer vigil for immigrant families

Hispanic religious groups gathered at a church in Durham on Sunday night for a prayer service.

ICE defends NC raids, saying sheriffs releasing dangerous individuals

Federal immigration officials on Friday defended raids carried out across North Carolina this week in which hundreds of people were detained.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief