Agreement Raffirms Protesters Rights In Alamance County by Associated Press
8:20pm Apr 25, 2021 Black Lives Matter protesters gather in front of the Confederate monument in front of the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham in July, 2020. PAUL GARBER/WFDD FILE
Civil rights groups have settled a dispute with a North Carolina sheriff s office over courthouse protests against a Confederate monument.
The settlement guarantees that the grounds of the old Alamance County Courthouse must remain open to the public to exercise their First Amendment rights, requires the sheriff s office to acknowledge that swear words are protected speech even if they re directed at law enforcement officers, and also requires sheriff s employees to undergo racial bias training.
Agreement Reaffirms Protesters Rights In Alamance County by Associated Press
8:20pm Apr 25, 2021 Black Lives Matter protesters gather in front of the Confederate monument in front of the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham in July, 2020. PAUL GARBER/WFDD FILE
Civil rights groups have settled a dispute with a North Carolina sheriff s office over courthouse protests against a Confederate monument.
The settlement guarantees that the grounds of the old Alamance County Courthouse must remain open to the public to exercise their First Amendment rights, requires the sheriff s office to acknowledge that swear words are protected speech even if they re directed at law enforcement officers, and also requires sheriff s employees to undergo racial bias training.
Man wanted for murder in shootout that killed Union Co. charter school coach Gar-Yon-Ded-Weh Stepney (Source: Alamance County Sheriff s Office) By WBTV Web Staff | April 26, 2021 at 5:23 PM EDT - Updated April 26 at 5:23 PM
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Deputies in Alamance County are asking for the public’s help locating a man they say played a role in the deadly shootout that left a a Union County charter school teacher-coach and another man dead.
Gar-Yon-Ded-Weh Stepney is wanted on a first-degree murder charge for his alleged involvement in the double homicide that occurred on April 8 in Green Level, N.C.
Agreement reached on protests at North Carolina courthouse
BURLINGTON (AP) Civil rights groups have settled a dispute with a North Carolina sheriff’s office over courthouse protests against a Confederate monument.
The settlement guarantees that the grounds of the old Alamance County Courthouse must remain open to the public to exercise their First Amendment rights, requires the sheriff’s office to acknowledge that swear words are protected speech even if they’re directed at law enforcement officers, and also requires sheriff’s employees to undergo racial bias training.
If the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office had followed the U.S. Constitution, the settlement would not have been needed in the first place, said Elizabeth Haddix, managing attorney for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, in a statement.
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