NAACP president arrested at legislature :: WRAL.com
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NAACP president arrested at legislature :: WRAL.com
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The state president of the NAACP was among a group of people arrested Tuesday afternoon during a protest at the General Assembly.
"State Capitol Police escorted about a half-dozen people, including North Carolina NAACP President Rev. William Barber, from the House gallery after shouts of protest erupted over the state budget.
The arrests came shortly before an NAACP-sponsored rally at the Legislative Building.
Barber has called the budget the House passed three weeks ago "a frontal assault on economic justice in North Carolina." He and other protesters said House Speaker Thom Tillis has ignored repeated requests for a sit-down meeting about the budget."Full Article :: WRAL.com
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