Alamance County sheriff's deputies and Graham police pepper-sprayed people -- including a 5-year-old

[soothsayer]

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Robyn Tomlin ❤️📰
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UPDATED: “Melanie Mitchell said her 5- and 11-year-old daughters were pepper-sprayed just after the moment of silence. She said Graham police approached the crowd assembled in the street ... and soon began spraying pepper spray. ... Both kids threw up.”

Protesters pepper-sprayed by Alamance sheriff’s deputies during march to polls
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Zachery Eanes
@zeanes
Can confirm now that an Alamance News reporter was arrested by police while taking photographs at the protest.

Arrests began happening shortly after protesters took an 8 minute moment of silence in the street in honor of George Floyd.

Will Doran
@will_doran
Voters marching to the polls in Alamance County today were turned back after sheriff's deputies pepper-sprayed them

Alamance is one of the key counties that will likely decide which party controls the state legislature next year #ncpol #ncga https://newsobserver.com/news/local/article246861942.html

[tulipsandroses]

1. Bullies with badges.

They need to be held accountable. This is not acceptable