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Charlotte shootout: 4 slain officers serving warrant had 'great disadvantage,' expert says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A routine law enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, that left four officers dead is “highly unusual,” according to a former U.S. Marshals task force member. A deputy U.S. Marshal, two North Carolina Department of Corrections officers and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) officer were fatally shot in the line of duty on Monday afternoon in east …

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UNC student who defended American flag from campus mob 'honored to give back to the nation'

A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student felt “honored to give back to the nation” while defending an American flag on the quad that protesters were trying to take down on Tuesday. “Yesterday, my fraternity brother [Guillermo Estrada] and I were photographed holding up the American flag in the Quad of UNC-Chapel Hill during the protests. Since then, these images …

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Charlotte killings highlight the risks police face when serving warrants

Arrest warrants must be served to alleged criminals if society is going to function. But there is no guarantee of safety for police officers knocking on their doors. The grim risks came into stark relief Monday when four law enforcement officers were killed in North Carolina while serving an arrest warrant. The attack in Charlotte left four other officers wounded …

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Biden to meet with families of slain law enforcement officers during North Carolina trip

President Joe Biden, who heads to Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday to talk about the economy, is detouring to Charlotte to meet with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job — just a week after he sat down with the grieving relatives of two cops killed in Upstate New York. The visit is expected to …

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North Carolina student said he would have protected American flag with his 'dead body' from 'Marxist horde'

A student who defended the American flag at a North Carolina campus Tuesday from an anti-Israel mob, said the protesters would have had to yank the flag from him over his “dead body.” Anti-Israel protesters targeted the American flag on The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s quad — which had been flying at half-mast after four Charlotte officers …

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John Rich plans one of UNC's 'biggest events' for American flag defenders: 'Raised these guys correctly'

FIRST ON FOX – John Rich is praising a group of students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for stopping an American flag on the school’s quad from hitting the ground on Tuesday. A photo capturing the moment students stopped protesters from removing the flag — for the second time — during anti-Israeli demonstrations on campus went viral on …

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NC man charged with mailing postcard containing threats, Nazi references to Georgia rabbi

A North Carolina man has been charged in federal court with mailing a threatening postcard to a Georgia rabbi who had been outspoken in supporting a new state law that defines antisemitism. Ariel Collazo Ramos of High Point, North Carolina, faces up to five years in prison if he is convicted of mailing threatening communications, federal prosecutors for the Middle …

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Trump-backed Brad Knott on track to win Democratic NC House seat after opponent bows out before runoff

A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for a North Carolina congressional seat announced Thursday that she’s suspending her campaign, citing her rival’s endorsement by former President Donald Trump in their upcoming runoff. Johnston County attorney Kelly Daughtry had finished first among 14 candidates in the March 5 Republican primary for the central North Carolina district. But she failed to get …

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Emory University police arrest convicted felon who crossed state lines to join anti-Israel protests

Police at Emory University in Georgia have announced the arrest of a “convicted felon who crossed state lines to come to campus” to participate in anti-Israel demonstrations. Derek Zika, of Statesville, North Carolina, a city outside of Charlotte, was carrying knives and pepper spray when he was taken into custody at the Emory Quad on Sunday afternoon, the University’s police …

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UNC Interim Chancellor praised for restoring American flag after protesters replaced it with Palestinian flag

UNC Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts was praised by conservatives on social media on Tuesday after he removed a Palestinian flag hung by anti-Israel protesters on campus and replaced it with the American flag. “This university doesn’t belong to a small group of protesters. It belongs to every citizen of North Carolina. Everybody in North Carolina, everybody who goes to school …

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