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Investigator: 'More likely than not' Commissioner Craver said 'there are too many blacks running the town'; board accepts report
Summary
An independent investigator told the Hope Mills Town Board that, on balance, it was "more likely than not" Commissioner Craver made a racial remark at a Sept. 11 encounter; the board voted to accept the investigator's findings and then moved into a closed session to discuss related personnel and legal matters.
An independent investigator told the Hope Mills Town Board that, on balance, it was "more likely than not" Commissioner Craver said "there are too many blacks running the town" during an encounter at a Waffle House on Sept. 11, and the board voted to accept his report at the meeting.
Mac McCarley, who said he was hired by the commission to determine whether the remark occurred, opened his presentation by declaring the case a "2 on 2 he said, she said," then gave his conclusion: "it is more likely than not that Miss Craver made that statement." McCarley told the board he relied on interviews, contemporaneous notes and a photograph taken at the…
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