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Residents urge action on long‑running disaster recovery problems and raise police‑use concerns at New Bern meeting
Summary
Public commenters pressed elected leaders to demand accountability from state/federal disaster recovery programs and described alleged excessive force by police against a local resident, calling for investigation and protections; speakers requested board follow-up and inquiry into both issues.
During the public comment period at the April 14 meeting several residents described long-running frustrations with state and federal disaster-recovery programs and raised allegations of police misconduct.
David French, who identified himself and gave an address, criticized state and federal recovery programs for Hurricane Florence and later programs in…
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