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Arrested for time theft

WILMINGTON, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina granted summary judgment to the city of Southport, whose Black former police lieutenant said he was racially discriminated against when two white deputies called for a state and federal investigation into whether he was working a driving job while on the clock for the city. It was found that he was reporting inconsistent hours at both jobs, so he was properly arrested and his claims fail.

Read the ruling here.

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