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Cooper Wants Confederate Monuments Removed
Gov. Roy Cooper says Confederate monuments "should come down" and wants the legislature to repeal a law preventing state and local governments from removing them permanently and limiting their relocation.
In a message posted Tuesday on the website Medium, Cooper said North Carolina "cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery."
The Democratic governor says Civil War history doesn't belong in "a place of allegiance on our Capitol grounds." There are three such monuments around the old Capitol in Raleigh, along with dozens across the state at county courthouses.
The Republican-controlled legislature would have to repeal the 2015 law restricting the removal of monuments.
Deputies Arrest Woman Who Helped Topple Confederate Statue
Durham County sheriff's deputies arrested a woman who said she took part in toppling the Confederate statue in downtown Durham.
WTVD-TV reports more arrests are expected.
22-year-old Takiyah Thompson was taken into custody shortly after protesters held a news conference Tuesday afternoon at North Carolina Central University. Thompson climbed a ladder to the top of the statue to tie a rope around its neck before the crowd tore it down.
Charges against Thompson include disorderly conduct by injury to a statue and damage to real property, both misdemeanors. She was also charged with two felonies related to participation in a riot and inciting others to riot.
The protesters who took part in toppling the statue on Monday held the news conference Tuesday to call for the dropping of any charges related to the incident.
Unhappy With Governor, Senators Plan Hearing On Chemical
North Carolina Senate Republicans are planning a public hearing about a chemical plant's releases into a river because they say Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's administration didn't answer most of their questions.
Cooper's health and environmental quality secretaries responded to several senators' demand for information about discharges of the chemical GenX by The Chemours Co. from its Bladen County operations into the Cape Fear River.
But the Republicans said Tuesday the secretaries didn't address in their letter what the senators consider inconsistencies in how the discharge has been handled.
Troubled For-Profit Law School In North Carolina Closing
The alumni association president of a troubled, for-profit law school in North Carolina says it's closing immediately.
Lee Robertson Jr. says Charlotte School of Law employees were notified Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, the 11-year-old school's website had been taken down.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted against extending the school's operating license, which expired last Thursday. The school failed to qualify for federal student aid as the board stipulated in June.
Students were told by email Friday classes would resume Aug. 28.
But on Monday, the American Bar Association rejected the school's "teach-out" plan to remain open for existing students.
Confederate Flag Clothes Banned By Schools' New Dress Code
A school district in North Carolina has updated its dress code to ban all clothing that depicts the Confederate flag, swastikas or any Ku Klux Klan related symbols or language.
Orange County Schools announced the new policy Monday. Parents and students have been asking the district for months to change the dress code to ban the flag.
Last month, a proposed policy prohibited students from wearing clothes that are disruptive, or could reasonably intimidate students, but stopped short of explicitly mentioning the Confederate flag.
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