News Roundup

As the PBS Newshour reports, this week the United States Department of the Interior released the first volume of an investigative report that examines the federal Indian boarding school system that operated from 1819 to 1969 and visited widespread abuse upon children of Native communities.  A second volume of the report is expected to investigate burial sites at the schools, where thousands of students died from illness, accidental injuries, and abuse.  Keep reading for more news. Firing Lawful.  Nearly two years ago, the News Roundup noted a disturbing incident in Wilmington where three veteran Wilmington police officers were caught on dash-cam footage having violent racist conversations with each other while on duty.  All three officers, Michael ‘Kevin’ Piner, Jesse E. Moore II, and James ‘Brian’ Gilmore, each of whom had been on the force since the late 1990’s, were fired from the department. The Wilmington Star-News reported this week that Superior Court Judge R. Kent Harrell issued a ruling this week affirming the Wilmington Civil Service Commission’s decision to fire Gilmore because the commission was within its statutory authority and was made the decision using a lawful procedure.  Gilmore had appealed his dismissal, alleging in part that it infringed on his First Amendment rights. Fingerprinting.  WSOC-TV reports that Mecklenburg County is transitioning from an appointment system to a first-come first -served system for fingerprinting people for pistol purchase and concealed carry permits.  The move comes after a superior court judge issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of [...]