Witnesses said nearly 40 people took part on Tuesday in a protest in downtown Graham at which two people were arrested. The protest formed in reaction to the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by deputies of the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office in Elizabeth City, N.C. Graham Police charged two of the protestors with violating the city’s new protest ordinance. Protesters walked around Court Square, according to Elon University professor and photographer Tony Crider, and stopped at Sesquicentennial Park, often referred to as Wyatt Outlaw Park. There were no counter-protesters or any obvious police presence until about 7:20 p.m., when Graham Police officers came out and started distributing flyers with information about the protest ordinance. The city ordinance requires a permit or "notice of protest" for a demonstration of 10 or more downtown.