The Agenda: Study finds N. Chs. PD less likely to substantiate complaints by blacks; Graham proposes health plan

An investigation by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has found that over the past decade, police complaints filed with the North Charleston Police Dept. by black people are less likely to be substantiated by investigators than those filed by whites. Source: P&C

As Senate Republican leaders negotiate with members on their plan, an ‘alternative’ health care proposal put forth by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham would block grant federal health care funding to state governments for individual states to implement their own health care infrastructure. Source: P&C, Politico

Caitlyn Jenner says she’ll meet with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley to discuss worldwide LGBT issues, piggybacking on efforts she’s undertaken here to work with politicians to be more open about LGBT issues. Source: WaPo, P&C

P&C‘s Brian Hicks on the latest dust-up by the Save Shem Creek crowd: “Nasty politics trickle down to a once-pleasant town”

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