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One afternoon in mid-July, hundreds of people gathered around a stage in front of the historic gray stone courthouse at the heart of the small town of Graham, North Carolina. They were listening to a song of protest.
“We don’t want to die,” a local musician sang out to the diverse crowd.
The group wanted the removal of a marble statue of a Confederate soldier that had stood watch over the town square since white citizens of Alamance County erected it in 1914. But protesters in this central North Carolina county seat were seeking much more.
SBI investigation underway after weapon discharge in police incident
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The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has requested the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to investigate the death of a 71-year-old inmate at the detention center.
Sheriff Wes Tripp said foul play is not suspected.
In a statement the sheriff said around 12:30 p.m. today Ronald Anthony McDonald of the Enfield area experienced a medical issue. Tripp declined to elaborate on the medical issue.
Detention staff called Halifax County EMS which transported the man to a local hospital where he later succumbed.