Traffic stop Coverage

Family pleads for more info about their loved one's death on Thanksgiving Day

Demarcus Brodie was killed during a traffic stop and altercation with a Fayetteville police officer on Thanksgiving Day.

Family, friends demand answers after Fayetteville police officer shoots, kills man during Thanksgiving traffic stop

Demarcus Brodie was killed during a traffic stop and altercation with a Fayetteville police officer on Thanksgiving Day.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Man arrested, charged for having fentanyl pills and trying to run from Sampson County deputies

During a search of the man's car, deputies found about a half-pound of fentanyl pills in the trunk.

WRAL Staff

Fayetteville police ID driver killed in traffic stop shooting

Police release more details after a man was shot and killed during an altercation with a police officer Thursday afternoon in Fayetteville.

SBI investigates deadly shooting by Fayetteville police

According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers conducted a traffic stop on the 2000 block of Murchison Road. During the stop, an altercation occurred between the driver and officers.

Fayetteville police officer shoots, kills man during traffic stop on Thanksgiving

According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers conducted a traffic stop on the 2000 block of Murchison Road. During the stop, an altercation occurred between the driver and officers.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Car crashes on I-95 South, sideswipes tractor-trailer during attempted traffic stop

A car crashed on Interstate 95 South Saturday morning in Harnett County after the driver sideswiped a tractor-trailer during an attempted traffic stop.

10,000 Fentanyl pills found in Virgin Mary statue during traffic stop in NC

Drugs were found in a Virgin Mary statue during a traffic stop in North Carolina, according to the Gaston County Police.

Stephanie Moore, WXII12

Eight charged with recklessly driving ATVs and dirt bikes in Durham, Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill police said the ATV riders were a part of several dozen ATV and dirtbike riders driving through Chapel Hill recklessly.

Aaron Thomas and Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporters

Wayne woman upset trooper pulled out gun during traffic stop

WRAL News asked the North Carolina State Highway Patrol about video circulating on social media that show a trooper pulling his gun during a traffic stop.

Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter

Video shows Memphis police officer officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols

Memphis authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons.

NC leaders, activists offer their perspectives on video showing Memphis police officers beat Tyre Nichols

People WRAL News spoke with on Friday said it was difficult to watch the footage, which shows officers hitting Tyre Nichols with their fists, boots and batons.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

NBC News Special Report on video footage released in Tyre Nichols' death

Memphis authorities released more than an hour of footage Friday of the violent beating of Tyre Nichols in which officers held the Black motorist down and struck him repeatedly as he screamed for his mother.

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

SC deputies release video of traffic stop involving Shaw students

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright defends his deputy's decision to stop a bus full of Shaw University students along Interstate 85.

Video released of Shaw University traffic stop

Video released by both the Spartanbug County and the Cherokee County sheriff's offices shows that one drug dog was asked to sniff around the bus and found doughnuts, but nothing else.

Deputy who conducted traffic stop of Shaw University students defends his actions, says no racial profiling occured

Spartanburg County Sgt. Terrell Allen details the traffic stop he conducted along Interstate 95 of a bus full of Shaw University students.

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

Dash cam video shows US Rep. Madison Cawthorn during traffic stop

WRAL News on Tuesday night obtained video of a traffic stop involving U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.

NC trooper honored for bravery, survived being shot during traffic stop

Sen. Thom Tillis presented the Congressional Badge of Bravery to Daniel Harrell, who was seriously injured during a Jan. 14, 2019, traffic stop.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

The demand for money behind many police traffic stops

Harold Brown's contribution to the local treasury began as so many others have in Valley Brook, Oklahoma: A police officer saw that the light above his license plate was out.

Mike McIntire and Michael H. Keller, New York Times

Man shot in leg during traffic stop

Cumberland County deputies said a man was shot in the leg during a traffic stop on Wednesday night.