To our North Carolina DUers, did this really happen??

[DonaldsRump]

In America? While people were voting? If so, every one of these "law enforcement" persons needs to be arrested/criminally charged, fired, and civilly sued for violating the civil rights of people engaged in what looks to me like totally peaceful marching.

This cannot be happening in the United States...but it is:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/north-carolina-police-pepper-spray-polls/index.html

Police used pepper spray to break up a North Carolina march to a polling place

(CNN)Law enforcement officers used pepper spray on Saturday to break up a march to a polling place in Graham, North Carolina.

According to a statement from the Graham Police Department, officers pepper sprayed the ground to disperse the crowd when the demonstration was deemed "unsafe and unlawful" due to unspecified "actions."

But Scott Huffman, a North Carolina Democratic congressional candidate who attended the march, said demonstrators were only exercising their First Amendment rights when law enforcement used the pepper spray in Graham, about 30 miles east of Greensboro.

"We were peacefully demonstrating, we were exercising our First Amendment rights with Black Lives Matter," Huffman said in a video he shared on Twitter.

[soothsayer]

1. Not while they voted -- before, and after 8 minutes of silence for George Floyd

[DonaldsRump]

4. Sorry, I should have been more clear

On their way to voting.

My question is this: what exactly did they do to deserve this? How is this not an infringement of their basic civil right to peaceably protest?

[ret5hd]

7. It's called "The Pettus Bridge Exception" to the 1st Amendment.

Things get a little too uppity...well, you know.

[soothsayer]

9. They did nothing, which I think is why the moment of silence timing is notable

I think cops said they were blocking the street or in the street, but they gave no warning.

It’s vile.

[Claustrum]

2. Yes. MSNBC Velshi just did a segment and showed the video for it

He said there was a lady in wheelchair and a few children in the group.

[DonaldsRump]

5. Wow. Even more shocking.

[Iliyah]

3. Apparently so . .

Church goers, but alas, not supporter of shithole.

Biden/Harris campaign going to Austin for a rally, Acosta by shithole supporters with the help of police officers and shithole praising them.

Watch early morning cable news - nada.

[octoberlib]

6. Here's the Dem running for NC 13.

He was there.

Link to tweet

?s=21

[DonaldsRump]

10. His eyes are watering from chemicals, mine is for a different reason n/t

[DonaldsRump]

8. Without comment, this is the City of Graham's statement

https://www.cityofgraham.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10-31-2020-rally-word.pdf

[Shermann]

11. Unspecified "actions" you say?

Sounds like some nefarious ANTIFA activity if you ask me. Let 'em have it, boys!