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Damn you stuck on the island bruh? Thoughts & prayers.
yeah bruh. This **** like Epstein island but for your soul instead of teenage girls.
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Damn you stuck on the island bruh? Thoughts & prayers.
GRAHAM, N.C. — Law enforcement officers fired a spray that left demonstrators coughing at an “I Am Change” march for voter turnout.
The racially diverse crowd of about 400 had stopped at a Confederate monument in front of the Alamance County Courthouse. The monument has been the site of months of clashes between anti-racism activists and self-proclaimed white nationalists.
Members of the march said they were listening to speeches about racial justice and the importance of voting when officers began to yell at them to disperse.
The officers then began firing the spray, according to witnesses. “All the marchers were doing was listening to the lady talk,” said Christopher McCauley, who participated in the event. Angela Willis of Burlington said she, her adult daughter and her 3-year-old grandson were all sprayed.
Several people were also arrested. One man was taken into custody after an officer told him to move off the sidewalk. “Is that why you are going to arrest me — because I’m Black?” he shouted. The officer cuffed him and led him away as activists, watching from across the street, chanted, “Let him go” and “What did he do?”
Supporters of the Confederate memorial watched from outdoor tables at a soda shop on the court square.
One man shouted, “Get off the streets!” A truck with three Trump 2020 flags drove slowly around the courthouse during the rally.
Graham Police Lt. Daniel Sisk said the department would not release the total number of arrests until Saturday night and would not discuss the charges individuals face until Monday. The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment.
The “I Am Change” March was organized by the Rev. Greg Drumwright of nearby Greensboro, N.C. He planned to lead the group from a Black church to an early-voting site. Participants included relatives of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who was killed by police in May, and the parents of Christian Griggs, a Black man killed by his White father-in-law in North Carolina in 2013.