4 North Carolina officers on leave after man died custody
December 16, 2015
Four white police officers are on administrative duty after a black man who was subdued with pepper spray died in custody, authorities said. Winston-Salem authorities said in a written statement that 31-year-old Travis Nevelle Page became unresponsive after he was taken into custody on December 9 following a brief struggle with officers. Page died at a hospital. Two of the officers have been with the department for 20 years or more; the others, one year and three years. Police said they responded to a report of a firearm being fired and found a man matching the description given by the