/tags/graham Graham en-US Copyright Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:53:05 GMT /race-demographics/2022-09-14/judge-rules-confederate-monument-alamance-stay-naacp-will-appeal The state chapter of the NAACP and other groups filed a lawsuit last year to have the monument in Graham removed. They plan to appeal. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:53:05 GMT /race-demographics/2022-09-14/judge-rules-confederate-monument-alamance-stay-naacp-will-appeal Leoneda Inge /news/2022-06-15/city-of-graham-law-enforcement-agencies-civil-rights-group-settle-lawsuit-over-2020-protest The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in November 2020 and named as defendants the city of Graham and Police Chief Kristi Cole, 15 police officers, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and 15 deputies. Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:31:11 GMT /news/2022-06-15/city-of-graham-law-enforcement-agencies-civil-rights-group-settle-lawsuit-over-2020-protest Associated Press /news/2022-05-12/speakers-tell-city-council-they-want-fired-greensboro-officer-off-of-graham-police-force Douglas Strader was terminated from the Greensboro police department in 2020 after he fired his gun at a fleeing vehicle. Thu, 12 May 2022 18:44:53 GMT /news/2022-05-12/speakers-tell-city-council-they-want-fired-greensboro-officer-off-of-graham-police-force Paul Garber / WFDD /news/2021-03-31/nc-naacp-sues-confederate-monument-removed-graham-alamance The lawsuit alleges that the monument glorifies slavery, secession and white supremacy, and that county officials have refused to move it from in front of the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:26:51 GMT /news/2021-03-31/nc-naacp-sues-confederate-monument-removed-graham-alamance Associated Press /news/2020-12-11/nc-journalists-file-emergency-appeal-to-get-court-access Three newspapers have asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to order courts in a county where rally-goers were pepper sprayed and arrested to stop… Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:54:56 GMT /news/2020-12-11/nc-journalists-file-emergency-appeal-to-get-court-access Associated Press /news/2020-11-03/lawsuits-filed-after-police-use-pepper-spray-at-north-carolina-march-to-the-polls Two lawsuits prepared by civil rights groups on behalf of marchers in last weekend's rally in Alamance County allege voter intimidation by law enforcement. Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:24:17 GMT /news/2020-11-03/lawsuits-filed-after-police-use-pepper-spray-at-north-carolina-march-to-the-polls Emma Peaslee /politics/2020-11-02/march-to-the-polls-in-graham-interrupted-by-police-using-pepper-spray Law enforcement officers pepper sprayed peaceful protesters in Alamance County this weekend on the last day of early voting. The group of about 150 people… Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:44:03 GMT /politics/2020-11-02/march-to-the-polls-in-graham-interrupted-by-police-using-pepper-spray Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio, Rusty Jacobs /news/2020-10-31/nc-rally-organizer-plans-election-day-march Updated at 4:20 p.m. on 11/1/2020The organizer of a get-out-the-vote rally in North Carolina that ended with police pepper-spraying and arresting… Sun, 01 Nov 2020 01:07:05 GMT /news/2020-10-31/nc-rally-organizer-plans-election-day-march Associated Press /politics/2020-09-18/alamance-county-man-set-out-to-mobilize-latino-voters-in-nc-then-the-virus-hit Like many Americans, Ricky Hurtado had plans for his summer.He formally launched his first bid for public office in March and expected to spend sweltering… Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:03:53 GMT /politics/2020-09-18/alamance-county-man-set-out-to-mobilize-latino-voters-in-nc-then-the-virus-hit Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-09-03/activists-see-shades-of-1870-lynching-in-alamance-today Protesters are drenched with sweat as they make the mile-and-a-half walk from Burlington to Graham on a hot July day.These Black Lives Matter protesters… Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:22:48 GMT /race-demographics/2020-09-03/activists-see-shades-of-1870-lynching-in-alamance-today Naomi P. Brown, Jason deBruyn