
I stood with 48 other people from all across North Carolina as we were arrested for second degree trespass and loud singing.
This was the third “Moral Monday,” in which demonstrators go into the NC Legislature Building and refuse to leave.
Two weeks ago, there were just a few demonstrators, and 19 were arrested.
The action, led by the NC NAACP, is to protest the avalanche of backward legislation coming out of the General Assembly. Many of us have tried to talk to our legislators and have gotten nowhere. We’re met with lies and half-truths about the laws they’re passing — ...