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Protesters call on the City of Graham to fire a controversial police officer.

Verdicts and dispositions Alamance News reporter Thomas Murawski's charge of resisting a public officer was dismissed – he was arrested Oct. 31 while taking photos of Graham Police clearing Court Square during the "I Am Change" march. Cary Kirk Griffin was convicted of two counts of resisting a public officer and one count of second-degree trespass. Elizabeth Duford was found not guilty of resisting a public officer. Avery Markel Harvey was convicted of disorderly conduct by impeding traffic, but not guilty of resisting a public officer. Rikeah Nashea Johnson was not guilty of resisting ...

In a Small Town, A Battle for Racial Justice Confronts A Bloody Past And An Uncertain Future GRAHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Marchers in the Push to the Polls March led by Rev. Greg Drumwright, hold a rally at the Alamance County Historical Courthouse on November 3, 2020 in Graham, N.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The ... GRAHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 3: Marchers in the Push to the Polls March led by Rev. Greg Drumwright, hold a rally at the Alamance County Historical Courthouse on November 3, 2020 in Graham, N.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washin...

This story was produced by The News & Observer in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. 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 thi...

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