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A large fight broke out during a basketball tournament at Wake Technical Community College - Scott Northern Wake Campus on Wednesday night. 



Tear gas used to break up fight at high school basketball tournament in Raleigh

Fight breaks out during well-known basketball tournament in Raleigh 

A school near the Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland says it was forced to close its playground for the first day of hybrid learning, citing safety concerns after federal officers used crowd control chemicals nearby.


Don't right now, because we haven't had a response from DHS and I don't want to mitigate and pull out soil and put in new bark chips, only to have something happened on the weekend and have to start all over again. So for now our yard is closed for the year. Hello questions he was after coming right up. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. Today? Yeah, click.

School forced to close playground after tear gas used nearby

An outside consultant hired by the Raleigh City Council to review police actions during violent protests last spring said the Raleigh Police Department needs more specific policies on the use of force on crowds, including when and how to deploy tear gas.

<p>WORK WE DID TOGETHER TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO FELT LEFT BEHIND BY OUR POLITICS. &gt;&gt;&gt; AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, CITY LEADERS LOOKED AT WHAT THEY DID AND WHAT THEY COULD DO BETTER. WE HAVE THE REPORT DONE BY THE OUTSIDE AGENCY JUST PRESENTED TO THE RALEIGH CITY COUNCIL. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THESE BOARDS REMINDERS THAT BUSINESSES ARE STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 239 CRIMES HAPPENED, INCLUDING BURGLARIES AND ARSON IN BACK IN MAY. THERE WAS A 49 PAGE REPORT DELIVERED ON THE PROTESTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH 38 RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY FOUND RALEIGH WAS UNPREPARED FOR THE EVENTS, ATHEY NEEDED BETTER TRAINING AND PLANNING IN TERMS OF HANDLING LARGE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS THE USE OF TEAR GAS, AND SOME SAY THE USE OF IT SHOULD BE REVIEWED TO CREATE BETTER POLICIES GOING FORWARD. &gt;&gt; WHAT ARE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS DOING? HOW CAN WE USE SOME OF THAT BEST PRACTICES AND IMPROVE WHAT WE'RE DOING? I MEAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT DOING BETTER, ALL ABOUT IMPROVING. IT'S ALSO ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID RIGHT AND CONGRATULATING OUR OFFICERS FOR WHAT THEY DID. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE MAYOR SAYS SHE'LL GO TO HER STAFF AND SAY, HOW QUICKLY CAN WE IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES, 30 DAYS, 60 OR 90 DAYS? AND THEY WILL CONSULT THE NEWLY FORMED POLICE ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO IT WILL PROBABLY BE A WHILE BEFORE WE IS SEE THE CHANGES HAPPENING. AGAIN, A LONG LIST OF CHANGES</p>

Mayor: Consultant will help Raleigh police get better

Raleigh police, riot gear, tear gas

The Raleigh City Council receives a report from an outside consultant hired to review the actions taken by police during violent protests in late May and early June.

Raleigh council gets report on police response to riots

Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker on Monday discussed recent protests, his deputies' use of tear gas and his efforts to combat racial injustice with members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners.

Wake sheriff: Use of tear gas 'absolutely necessary' during May riots in downtown Raleigh

Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker

Travis Fain addresses rumors about protests and coronavirus.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A SCHEDULE GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. >>> TO SOME IT MAY SEEM LIKE AMERICA HAS DONE A COMPLETE TURN AROUND. FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT GOING INTO PUBLIC SPACES OUT OF FEAR FOR THE CORONAVIRUS AND THEN LAST WEEK TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH CITY STREETS TO PROTEST THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. YOU MAY WONDER HAS SOMETHING CHANGED. OUR TRAVEL BASIS -- TRAVIS IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROTESTS AND CORONAVIRUS. >> YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HEAD LICENSE ABOUT DOCTORS SAYING THEY SUPPORT THE PROTEST. THAT MEANS THEY SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE PROTEST. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY THINK HUGE CROWD SIZES ARE SAFE. NOW GRANTED SOME PROTESTERS ARE WEARING MASKS BUT STILL MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE TOLD MULTIPLE MEDIA OUT LETS THE PROTESTS COULD TRIGGER A NEW WAVE OF OUTBREAKS. NOW, HAVE PROTESTERS CONTRACTED THE VIRUS? YES. OF COURSE IT IS HARD FOR MOST PEOPLE TO TELL EXACTLY WHERE THEY CAUGHT THE VIRUS BUT THERE ARE ALREADY MULTIPLE REPORTS OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY BECAME SICK AFTER PROTESTING. ONE IS A FOOTBALL PLAYER AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. ANOTHER MAN WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THERE COULD BE OTHERS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. THE VIRUS CAN LINGER IN SOMEONE FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE SYMPTOMS SHOW UP. CAN TEAR GAS SPREAD THE VIRUS? YES. EXPERTS POINTED OUT TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES NOT ONLY DOES TEAR GAS MAKE PEOPLE COUGH, IT ALSO CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH AND SINUSES WHICH MAKE YOUR BODY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIONS. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. FOR THE LATEST ON THE PROTESTS AND THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, GO

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The use of different types of tear gas goes back to World War I, but modern tear gas is extremely powerful. A single milligram per cubic meter is all it takes to cause irritation to a human being.