IN BOSTON, I’M CHRIS WINN. BACK IN THE TRIAD, THE CITY OF GREENSBORO IS WORKING TO OFFER MORE OUTLETS, MORE THINGS TO DO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, ENCOURAGING A BETTER FUTURE. GREENSBORO IS HOSTING A SUMMER LONG SERIES OF EVENTS AIMED AT TEENAGERS. WXII 12. S KARA PETERS STOPPED BY ONE OF TONIGHT’S EVENTS AND SHOWS US HOW IT’S AIMING TO PROMOTE A FUN AND SAFE PLACE TO BE. GREENSBORO PARKS AND RECREATION BEGAN THEIR TEAM NIGHT AT THE REC PROGRAM BACK IN MAY. LEADERS SAY IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO STAY BOTH CONNECTED AND SAFE. FOR TWO HOURS. YOUNG ADULTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO NETWORK AND PLAY BASKETBALL LASER TAG AND SKATE. WEDNESDAY WAS THEIR HIP HOP PAINT AND MORE EVENT HELD AT BOTH BROWN AND LEWIS RECREATION CENTERS. SOME OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS ARE WALKUP FACILITIES, SO KIDS CAN REALLY COME FROM THEIR HOUSE, WALK TO THE REC CENTER AND THEN JUST SPEND THE NIGHT IN A SAFE SPACE AND HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS, BE THEMSELVES. THEY CAN LEARN NEW SKILLS. THEY CAN TRY SOMETHING NEW FOR THE FIRST TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS TO MAKE NEW RELATIONSHIPS. FRIENDS. AND FOR SOME, LIKE VAN RAJAN, A WAY TO GIVE BACK. I USED TO GO TO REC CENTERS A LOT WHEN I GREW UP, SO IT’S NICE TO VOLUNTEER DURING THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH THE KIDS. WHAT STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL? DIG SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TEENAGERS HAVE WHOLESOME WAYS TO HAVE FUN. PARKS INTEGRATION IS LIKE THE GREAT CONVENER OF PEOPLE, AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT WE SHOULD BE CONVENING TEENAGERS, TOO. AND SO IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A SPACE THAT THEY CAN COME AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH STAFF AND WITH OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE AND DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE AND TRYING NEW THINGS, IT JUST STARTS TO OPEN UP MORE DOORS AND EVENTS WILL GO ON EVERY WEEK FROM NOW UNTIL AUGUST 11TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO STAY CONNECTED OR THEIR SCHEDULE, HEAD FOR OUR WEBSITE AT WXII. 12 IN GREENSBORO, I’M KARA PETERS SKY 12 NEWS. GREENSBORO POLICE CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN THE KILLING OF A 32 YEAR OLD MAN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. POLICE FOUND ERIC MILLER JUNIOR SHOT AT THE MY CHOICE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL ON SENECA ROAD. MILLER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES ON SATURDAY. A MAN SHARING HIS GRIEF AFTER HIS FATHER WAS MURDERED LAST WEEK IN YADKIN COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY SCOTT MURRAY WAS STABBED TO DEATH BY DAKOTA CHAMBERS SIX DAYS AGO IN EAST BEND. HIS SON JOEL GRADEN SAYS HE’S PUTTING HIS FAITH IN THE PROCESS AND SAYS HIS FATHER WAS A GOOD MAN. THAT WAS LOVED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MYSELF. HE WAS IT WAS JUST SOMEBODY THAT YOU COULD GO TO AND TALK TO. AND HE WOULD TEAR OFF THE SHIRT ON HIS BACK TO GIVE IT TO YOU. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MISS HIM AND DAKOTA CHAMBERS IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND IS DUE IN COURT ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IS NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE 28TH. IT’S A BRICK WALL AND IT CAN BE PAINTED OVER RIGHT? THERE’S DARKNESS. WE GOT MORE COLOR THAN THEY CAN HANDLE. IT’S PRIDE MONTH. AND SO WE’RE GOING TO COVER IT RIGHT ON UP THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT OF VANDALISM HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INVOLVING PRIDE MONTH HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF A BAR IN GREENSBORO. SOMEBODY DEFACED A MURAL DEPICTING LOCAL ENTERTAINER BRENDA, THE DRAG QUEEN YESTERDAY. THIS WAS AT THE BEARDED GOAT. THE BAR OWNER SAID THAT BRENDA REACHED OUT TO HIM LAST NIGHT AFTER A MAN SENT HER A MESSAGE CLAIMING TO BE BEHIND THE VANDALISM THAT PERSON, THE VANDAL, DREW HORNS COMING OUT OF THE PERSON’S HEAD. A PENTAGRAM ON HER FOREHEAD, AND THE WORDS, I EAT KIDS AND SAVE THE KIDS. THAT’S HURTFUL ON MULTIPLE LEVELS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE’S SUCH A KIND PERSON IN SUCH A BIG INSPIRATION TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND TO HAVE SOMEONE JUST DEFAME HER LIKE THAT WAS JUST VERY HATEFUL. WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER AND TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ONE SMALL MINDED PERSON WITH A PAINT PEN, RIGHT? THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY AGAINST DRAG ENTERTAINERS, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, NON-BINARY PEOPLE, AND AS WE GET COMFORTABLE, IF WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS AND IT BECOMES WHITE NOISE AND WE GET COMFORTABLE, WE’RE GOING TO BECOME SLOWLY COMFORTABLE WITH THINGS THAT ARE WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. WE’VE SEEN IT THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPPRESSION AND MARGINALIZATION AND THE OPPRESSION OF QUEER PEOPLE AND NOW DRAG ENTERTAINERS SPECIFICALLY IS NO DIFFERENT, RIGHT? WE’RE THE VIOLENCE WILL BECOME MORE NORMALIZED AND IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. GREENSBORO POLICE DOES HAVE A REPORT ON THIS. BRENDA, ALONG WITH THE ARTIST BEHIND THE MURAL, SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE EARLY EVENING HOURS PAINTING OVER THAT VANDALISM. THIS IS, AS WE MENTIONED, THE LATEST INCIDENT HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD THIS MONTH IN FACT, IT’S THE THIRD RECENTLY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE PRIDE BANNER WAS SLASHED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL IN WINSTON-SALEM. AND LAST WEEK, A PRIDE FLAG WAS STOLEN TWICE FROM THE SAME CHURCH IN MOUNT AIRY. THAT SUSPECT WAS LATER CAPTURED ON CAMERA AND ARRESTED. BUT LEADERS AT THE CHURCH DECIDED NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH CHARGES. NORTH CAROLINA IS GETTING CLOSER TO BANNING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. THE HOUSE AND SENATE MUST STILL RECONCILE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE BILL. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND SUPPORTERS WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY AFTER LAWMAKERS ADVANCED A BILL THAT BANS SURGICAL PROCEDURES. PUBERTY BLOCKING DRUGS AND CROSS-SEX HORMONES AT PUBLIC HOSPITALS OR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. THE SENATE’S VERSION OF THE BILL WOULD BAN ANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IN THE STATE FROM PROVIDING ANY GENDER AFFIRMING MEDICAL CARE TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THE SENATE, MEANTIME, COULD GIVE FINAL APPROVAL TOMORROW ON LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS TRANS GIRLS AND WOMEN FROM GIRLS AND WOMEN’S SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. NEW TONIGHT, VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION COULD BE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT. NORTH CAROLINA’S SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE ELECTION LAWS. THE LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE HOW MUCH TIME VOTERS HAVE TO SEND IN FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND WOULD TAKE THE APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY OF STATE ELECTIONS BOARD MEMBERS AWAY FROM GOVERNOR ROY COOPER AND GIVE IT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES. THE NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF THE NAACP SENT A LETTER TO GOP LEADERS VOICING THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. THE ORGANIZATION SAYS ITS VOTER INTIMIDATION ADDING, QUOTE, NO RIGHT IS MORE WORTHY OF THIS LEGISLATURE’S VIGILANT PROTECTION THAN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY OF A TRAINING CAMP AIMED AT HELPING CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO GROW UP TO BE HEROES. THE ADVANCE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD A CAMP AIMED AT SIX THROUGH NINTH GRADERS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE GIVING CHILDREN HANDS ON ACTIVITIES, AND THEY LEARNED RESCUE TECHNIQUES HOW TO REPEL DOWN A WALL, HOW TO PUT ON FIREFIGHTER EQUIPMENT IN UNDER A MINUTE, AND HOW TO HANDLE A HOSE. ORGANIZERS SAY THE GOAL OF THIS CAMP IS TO SPARK AN INTEREST IN