2020/10/31/pepper spray incident
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"A group of protesters marching to a polling station in Graham, North Carolina, were pepper-sprayed by police shortly after taking a moment of silence for the death of George Floyd. Protesters say that the police had ushered them up to that point and gave them confusing instructions before pepper-spraying the crowd, which included children."
The police apparently warned the protesters to leave the area before they began pepper-spraying; city officials have inexplicably cited this in defense of the police, and have avoided the question of why the police began spraying immediately after giving the warning, rather than giving the crowd some time to start moving -- much less discussing why pepper spray was needed in the first place.
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- 2020-11-19 Alamance County brings new felony charges against leader of march to polls "Rev. Greg Drumwright has been accused of assault with physical injury on a law enforcement officer and obstruction of justice, both felonies, as well as resisting a public officer and causing a public disturbance, Alamance County District Attorney Sean Boone said Thursday."
- 2020-11-20 09:13 @aburtch “This is how the establishment maintains the status quo. / "The new criminal charges are retaliation...they’re sending a message to back down, to stop putting pressure on the Graham police and the sheriff’s department"”
- 2020-11-20 09:17 @Ruby “Alamance County retaliating against the organizer of a voters march that was attacked by police, instead of disciplining the police for brutal suppression of free speech. / It's not a good look, but it is consistent for the most racist county in North Carolina.”
- 2020-11-20 09:13 @aburtch “This is how the establishment maintains the status quo. / "The new criminal charges are retaliation...they’re sending a message to back down, to stop putting pressure on the Graham police and the sheriff’s department"”
- 2020-11-03
- 2020-11-01
- 2020-10-31
- WRAL News: Police pepper spray crowd during march to polls in front of Graham Confederate statue (tweet)
- News & Observer: Police use pepper-spray on protesters – including children – marching to Alamance polls
- Twitter Events: Police and protesters tell different stories about law enforcement’s use of pepper spray on a crowd marching to the polls in North Carolina
- Washington Post: N.C. police arrest at least 8, spray ‘pepper-based vapor’ to disperse voter turnout march that included kids