A protestor is handcuffed during a "Moral Monday" event at the North Carolina General Assembly (WTVD Photo)
Updated at 10:38 AM today
WAKE COUNTY -- The first group of protesters arrested during this year's mass protests at North Carolina's legislature is having its day in court....
...More than 930 people were arrested during the 2013 legislative session, which saw North Carolina take a sharp rightward turn as Republicans exerted control over the General Assembly and the governor's mansion for the first time in more than a century.
Only about two dozen protesters have taken Wake District Attorney Colon Willougby up on his offer of deferring prosecution in exchange for community service.
They haven't done anything wrong, why should they perform community service?
The little tin god doesn't believe there should be protests about his DECREES in Raleigh, NC. This is the first time Pope has had authoritarian rule to benefit his particular type of hated.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The top man in the state Republican Party (click here) is taking aim at the NAACP and other groups on the left for using inflammatory language in recent weeks, and at the media for not reporting it that way.
N.C. GOP chairman Claude Pope is not happy with the tone at recent protests, or the media's coverage of them....
The little tin god doesn't believe there should be protests about his DECREES in Raleigh, NC. This is the first time Pope has had authoritarian rule to benefit his particular type of hated.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The top man in the state Republican Party (click here) is taking aim at the NAACP and other groups on the left for using inflammatory language in recent weeks, and at the media for not reporting it that way.
N.C. GOP chairman Claude Pope is not happy with the tone at recent protests, or the media's coverage of them....
