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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2020
Page
2
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Thomas Custis Battle Sr born 1825 in slavery rose to prominence as a brick mason and minister in New Bern. A founder of St Peter s AME Zion Church and long respected by black and white communities, he died aged about 78 with a legacy of trade, faith, and family including son Samuel Battle the first Black NYC police officer. He helped educate his children and purchased his emancipation and home at 8 Primrose Street.
Samuel J Battle born 1883 in New Bern grew to 6'3" and 280 pounds and became the first African American on the NYPD after 1898 mergers. He joined 28 in 1911, faced segregation, rose as sergeant 1926, lieutenant 1936, and parole commissioner 1941, retiring 1951. A plaza at West 135th and Lenox honors him since 2009.
On Monday near Raleigh along Interstate 40 troopers tackled John Avery Rodriguez 34 after he walked into traffic and threatened a gun. He threw a bag in their path, claimed to be armed, and was pepper sprayed and detained with no injuries reported. He faces a resisting arrest charge and was hospitalized for evaluation. In Charlotte Shannon White 42 of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was indicted for fentanyl distribution tied to a 2019 overdose death and faces up to life imprisonment if convicted.
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