DA releases statement regarding Black Panther Party’s planned – armed march’

New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David issued a statement Thursday in response to a planned “armed march” of the local chapter of the Revolutionary Black Panther Party. The march, set for Sunday afternoon at the Creekwood Community Center, was initially advertised through a post on the group’s Facebook page as an “armed march against terrorism & genocide” seeking justice for Brandon Smith, Walter Scott, and Keith Lamont Scott, three African-American men who were shot and killed by police.