DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – For a month, a group of activists camped out in front of the Durham Police Department. They demanded the city take money from the police budget and put it towards helping Black and brown communities.
After not getting the results they asked for, the group is now taking matters in their own hands as they plan to build the Brightwood Black Economic Development Zone in east Durham County.
About 20 volunteers started clearing out the 4 to 5 acres where the…