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Exploring what is & isn't working in NC's criminal justice system for @newsobserver and @TheHerald_Sun. #iteam Send tips to vbridges@newsobserver.com.
Jun 29, 2021 10 tweets 6 min read
THREAD// How @JUULvapor ended up settling with @NCAGO in #DurhamNC, the cradle of the U.S. tobacco industry.

Let's start with the setting.

newsobserver.com/news/local/art… From the start of pretrial hearings, Juul attorneys' arguments that products are a health benefit & its messaging targeted adults weren't successful. (State argued they don't have to prove intent just more youth used product.)

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Jun 1, 2020 69 tweets 23 min read
FYI Bull City: A #DefundThePolice #DurhamBeyondPolicing protest planned in downtown #Durham tonight at 6 p.m. Also, I just learned about a 1 pm protest at 1 pm at Los Primos.