"CHCCS Act" filed to force Parents' Bill of Rights compliance | Creedmoor mayor refuses to resign after DWI arrest | Benson police officer charged with home invasion rape
No. 173 — Apr. 19-Apr. 25, 2026
Does the demand for white nationalists and neo-Nazis exceed the supply? Mainstream media is reporting on “white pride” flyers being found in a Clayton park, but they haven’t been so interested in reporting on left-wing propaganda calling for violence or terrorism.
A Jamaican man has been charged with a home invasion and rape in Benson while working as an officer at the town’s police department.
An allegedly suicidal former Chapel Hill police officer has been accused of planning a mass shooting in Louisiana after his family told police that he had been threatening to harm “Black people.”
An (illegal) alien in Garner has been charged with sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in 2019.
With yet another hearing in which Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials defended the presence of explicit LGBTQ material in elementary school libraries, Republicans in the state legislature have filed a “CHCCS Act” to improve enforcement of the Parents’ Bill of Rights.
With the mayor of Creedmoor refusing to resign, despite his recent DWI arrest, the city’s board of commissioners has cut down his powers.
Can we be sure it’s not the SPLC distributing neo-Nazi material in Clayton?
White supremacist and neo-Nazi signs found at Clayton Park - WRAL
Flyers with white supremacy symbols, images posted at Clayton park, police say - CBS17
Last week, mainstream media outlets like WRAL and CBS17 covered the discovery of “white supremacist and neo-Nazi” flyers and vandalism at East Clayton Community Park in Johnston County.
It is perhaps entirely coincidental that the Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted days before in federal court related to their alleged secret funding of organizations/individuals which the SPLC based their fundraising on opposing.
For years, the mainstream media has taken their cue from the SPLC, amplifying the extremely scarce dyed-in-the-wool white nationalists or white supremacists as a weapon to smear center-right organizations like Moms for Liberty or Turning Point USA.
Meanwhile, the normalization of political violence on the left is downplayed, whether it’s continued assassination attempts, open calls for French Revolution-style mass slaughter, or the street-level beatdowns administered by antifa and leftist activists.
For instance, can you imagine WRAL sending reporters down to cover these anarchist stickers calling for anarchist violent revolution/terrorism which I came across when covering a black bloc demonstration in Durham last June? I think not...
Immigrant police officer charged with home invasion rape
Former Benson Police Officer Charged With Rape, Kidnapping - JoCo Report
Judge orders $5 million bond for ex-cop charged in ongoing Benson rape, kidnapping case: NCSBI - CBS17
$5M bond set for Benson police officer accused of rape and involuntary sexual servitude - WRAL
Press Release - Town of Benson
Press Release - NC State Bureau of Investigation
Peter Alphonso Blake, 33, has been charged with breaking into a Benson home and raping the inhabitant earlier this month while an officer of the town’s police department: Blake was reportedly fired Wednesday ahead of being arrested by the State Bureau of Investigation.
Prior to being hired by the Benson Police Department in August 2025, Blake was an officer with the Raleigh Police Department from April 2022 to July 2023.
Blake is charged with first degree forcible rape, first degree burglary, first degree kidnapping, and sexual servitude of an adult victim; Blake faces a maximum penalty of life in prison, which the Johnston County District Attorney intends to seek.
Blake is being held on a $5,000,000 secured bond, which was granted over the DA’s argument that he should be held without bond. The DA cited in part Blake’s ties to his nation of origin, Jamaica, which he has returned to visit every year since immigrating to America at the age of nine.
Former Chapel Hill police officer accused of planning mass shooting of black festivalgoers in Louisiana
Ex-police officer accused of planning mass shooting in New Orleans allegedly wanted to ‘harm Black people’ - 4WWL
Former Chapel Hill police officer arrested in Florida over alleged New Orleans mass shooting threat - ABC11
New Orleans mass shooting plan was thwarted by network of law enforcement. Here’s what we know - CNN
Press Release - Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
A 15-year veteran of the Chapel Hill Police Department was arrested in the Florida panhandle, allegedly on the way from North Carolina to commit suicide by cop in a racially motivated mass shooting at a festival in New Orleans.
According to a bulletin by Burlington Police and the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Gillum was sought as a “missing/suicidal person” on April 22. However, when the sheriff’s office in Okaloosa County, FL was able to make contact with Gillum after he was located using Flock’s license plate reader system, he was released as he did not “present any grounds for involuntary commitment or criminal charges,” despite the bulletin attributing to his family the claim that Gillum had “expressed recent threats to harm ‘black people,’”
Gillum was relocated and arrested in the same county on Wednesday, with the sheriff department announcing he was arrested at a hotel with a handgun and 200 rounds of ammunition, with a photo showing a rather small handgun with mismatched ammunition:
Gillum was a police officer in Chapel Hill between 2004 and 2019; since then he has worked in various law enforcement roles including police officer in Carolina Beach, detention officer and deputy at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and a non-sworn employee back in Chapel Hill.
(Illegal) alien charged with sexually abusing 10-year-old girl
Rigoberto Paz-Rivera, 66, has been charged by Garner Police with statutory rape of a child and indecent liberties with a child for allegedly abusing a 10-year-old girl in 2019.
According to the court records, the magistrate was unable to determine that Paz-Rivera is a citizen or legal resident, and an ICE detainer has been issued.
Paz-Rivera is being held without bond.
Follow-ups
Republicans file “CHCCS Act” to tighten Parents’ Bill of Rights
Oversight lawmakers accuse Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools of skirting Parents’ Bill of Rights law - North State Journal
Lawmakers Threaten Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Over Books, Policies on Gender - INDY
New bill seeks financial penalties for schools that violate the ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ - WUNC
House Majority Leader Brenden Jones (R-Columbus, Robeson) has filed a “CHCCS Act” on the same day as yet another legislative oversight hearing in which officials from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools failed to convince Republicans on the NC House Oversight Committee that the district is in compliance with the Parents’ Bill of Rights.
When challenged on pro-LGBTQ books in elementary school libraries, including one picturing a homosexual man in bondage gear at a “Pride” event, Superintendent Rodney Trice defended the explicit material on the grounds that it’s “certainly something a child may see in their community.”
The Curriculum Honesty, Compliance, and Child Safety (CHCCS) Act (HB-1043) would increase clarity and give teeth to the Parents’ Bill of Rights, which included only limited enforcement mechanisms. The new provisions include:
clarifies definition of “curriculum”
strengthening parents ability to sue for violations
giving State Auditor authority to audit compliance
withholding central office administration funding for noncompliant school districts
Previous coverage:
Orange County school boards still defying Parents’ Bill of Rights (No. 147 — Oct. 25, 2025)
House Oversight Committee investigates Chapel Hill–Carrboro City Schools (No. 148 — Nov. 1, 2025)
Evidence of “wokeness” highlighted ahead of oversight hearing into Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (No. 152 — Nov. 29, 2025)
CHCCS superintendent backtracks on defying legislature in hearing (No. 154 — Dec. 13, 2025)
CHCCS called back before legislators over LGBTQ books for elementary schoolers (No. 170 — Apr. 4, 2026)
Creedmoor mayor declines resignation after DWI arrest; board strips powers
Creedmoor officials start ‘amotion’ process for removing mayor from office - Ledger News
State legislator adds voice to those calling for Downey’s resignation - Ledger News
Mayor of NC city refused to resign after DWI charge. How city stripped his powers - [N&O](https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article315498509.html
Creedmoor mayor stripped of city powers by Board of Commissioners after DWI charge, past convictions - CBS17
Mayor Antwane Downey has been stripped of certain powers by the Creedmoor Board of Commissioners after being charged with his fifth DWI in February.
Although the it requires a lengthier process to actually remove an elected official like Downey from office, the board voted to prohibit him from activities such as representing the city in an official capacity at events, use city-owned communication media, or even access the City Hall (except for public meetings).
Downey publicly apologized to residents, but declined to accede to the demands for his resignation, which have come from the board as well as Rep. Bryan Cohn (D-Granville, Vance).
Previous Coverage:
Creedmoor mayor charged with DWI (again) (No. 164 — Feb. 21, 2026)