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Voters marching to the polls in Alamance County today were turned back after sheriff's deputies pepper-sprayed them
Alamance is one of the key counties that will likely decide which party controls the state legislature next year #ncpol #ncga https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246861942.html
Alamance is one of the key counties that will likely decide which party controls the state legislature next year #ncpol #ncga https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article246861942.html
Some background: Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson was reprimanded by the U.S. DOJ in 2012 for numerous constitutional violations + an "egregious pattern of racial profiling." He was then re-elected twice, in 2014 and 2018, after no one ran against him https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-releases-investigative-findings-alamance-county-nc-sheriff-s-office
However, later on in 2016, the DOJ and Alamance County reached a settlement over this issue. The DOJ dropped legal action in exchange for the sheriff agreeing for his deputies to undergo bias training and more https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/886406/download
More info on exactly what was happening before the pepper pray started today in Alamance. Plus, confirmation that a reporter was among those arrested #ncpol https://twitter.com/zeanes/status/1322630591393705986
