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Tom Bonfield

September 5, 2014

Durham City Council begins spelling out views on police issues

Council begins spelling out views on police issues This piece first appeared on the Herald-Sun website on Sep. 02, 2014 @ 10:44 PM Ray Gronberg DURHAM — Most and perhaps all the members of Durham’s City Council favor asking city police officers to obtain a motorist’s written permission before undertaking a “consent” search of a […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconConsent to Search,  Cora Cole-McFaddden,  Diane Catotti,  Durham City Council,  Durham NAACP,  Durham Police,  Eddie Davis,  FADE coalition,  Mayor Bill Bell,  Racial Profiling,  Steve Schewel,  Tom Bonfield

August 22, 2014

Written consent as a tool of racial equity

Written consent as a tool of racial equity By Ian A.Mance This piece first appeared on The Durham News website on August 22, 2014. It has been modified to include a video mentioned in the text of the article. City Manager Tom Bonfield’s report to the City Council this week, in which he announced his […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDurham Police Department,  Police Misconduct,  racial equity,  Racial Profiling,  Tom Bonfield,  written consent

August 19, 2014

FADE Coalition Statement on Durham Racial Profiling Report

OFFICIAL FADE COALITION STATEMENT ON THE CITY MANAGER’S REPORT: We have all witnessed this week in Ferguson, MO, what can happen when a police department becomes unaccountable to the community it serves. Many commentators have pointed to the city’s stop, search, and arrest statistics, while noting that the situation unfolding in Missouri reflects a deep-seated […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News Tag iconDurham FADE,  Racial Profiling,  Tom Bonfield

June 13, 2014

Durham Police Problems Persist

Video shows Durham Police use of force Re-emphasizing the need for immediate action to curb racial profiling by Durham Police, a video was released this week detailing the case of Durham bicyclist John Hill. Mr. Hill is an African American man who was stopped, assaulted, wrongfully charged and illegally searched pursuant to a stop for […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Press Release,  Recent News Tag iconDurham CAN,  Durham City Council,  Durham FADE,  Racial Profiling,  Tom Bonfield

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