Greensboro Council faces mounting pressure over policing policy after viral traffic stop video

Greensboro residents are continuing to call for an end to safety frisks and regulatory stops by police.

More than a dozen residents continued to call on the city council to approve a change in policing at a meeting on Tuesday. It comes as the city council is set to review body camera footage from a controversial traffic stop in May.

The video in question could be a key element as the council weighs its response to local policing concerns. Footage circulating on social media shows an officer pointing his weapon into a vehicle with three occupants and threatening to shoot…

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