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June 26, 2013

120 Arrested in North Carolina's Largest "Moral Monday" Yet; Right-Wing Group Profiles Protesters 
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At least 120 people have been arrested in the latest in a series of
protests against the agenda of North Carolina's Republican-controlled
legislature. The NAACP has been holding what it calls "Moral Mondays," a
weekly demonstration opposing Republican cuts to social programs,
restrictions of voting rights, and rejecting Medicaid expansion under
President Obama's healthcare law. The state is preparing to end
unemployment benefits for around 70,000 people at the end of the month.
After eight weeks, Monday's arrest count of 120 brought the total number
of demonstrators facing charges to nearly 600. Republican supporters are
stepping up their targeting of the protests. Last week, the right-wing
Civitas Institute began publishing photographs and private information
of the arrested demonstrators.

 

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