News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on July 27, 2018.

On Monday, state and federal law enforcement agencies raided three “full-fledged” casinos operating in Robeson County, according to the Fayetteville Observer.  The Observer says that the casinos were located in warehouses in various locations within the county, and that they were being run by members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation Sovereignty Territory.  As the News & Observer explains in another piece about the raids, the “Tuscarora are a federally recognized tribe in New York with ancestral roots in North and South Carolina,” though none of the groups identifying as Tuscarora in North Carolina have received federal recognition.  Keep reading for more news. J. Kenneth Lee Passes. The Greensboro News & Record reports that civil rights attorney J. Kenneth Lee passed away recently. Among many other accomplishments, Lee was one of the first African Americans to enroll in UNC’s School of Law and was the founder of American Federal Savings & Loan Association in Greensboro.  The News & Record has a longer piece about Lee’s life here. State Sued.  WTVD reports that Kyron Hinton has sued the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, alleging that the Highway Patrol’s negligence led to him being beaten by law enforcement officers earlier this year.  Officers encountered Hinton after responding to reports that he was standing in a turn lane in Raleigh while yelling and holding a gun.  The lawsuit alleges that the first officers on the scene had determined that Hinton was not armed and was not a threat, though Hinton admits that he was [...]