Sheriffs, Voting, and Voter Suppression This weekend in Alamance County, North Carolina, Sheriff Terry Johnson organized what amounted to an attack on a group of around 200 people who had assembled at the Wayman Chapel AME Church in Graham, NC, in order to march to the polls as a way to raise awareness to racism and encourage people to vote. After a moment of silence for George Floyd, law enforcement officers demanded that everyone clear the road and began to pepper spray the crowd, which included children and the elderly, and make arrests. (There is some dispute about what exactly the orders were and why.) Alamance County deputies disassembled the stage set up in front of the courthouse where there were going to be speeches. As the officers start yelling, arresting, and spraying, trucks with Confederate flags blazing drove around in circles. You can see on the
All Sheriffs All the Time
All Sheriffs All the Time
All Sheriffs All the Time
Sheriffs, Voting, and Voter Suppression This weekend in Alamance County, North Carolina, Sheriff Terry Johnson organized what amounted to an attack on a group of around 200 people who had assembled at the Wayman Chapel AME Church in Graham, NC, in order to march to the polls as a way to raise awareness to racism and encourage people to vote. After a moment of silence for George Floyd, law enforcement officers demanded that everyone clear the road and began to pepper spray the crowd, which included children and the elderly, and make arrests. (There is some dispute about what exactly the orders were and why.) Alamance County deputies disassembled the stage set up in front of the courthouse where there were going to be speeches. As the officers start yelling, arresting, and spraying, trucks with Confederate flags blazing drove around in circles. You can see on the