Alamance County voter rally ends with pepper spray, arrests
A get-out-the vote rally in swing state North Carolina on Saturday ended with police using pepper spray on some participants and making several arrests.
Multiple people were arrested outside Alamance County's courthouse and police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd, news outlets reported.
Lindsay Ayling, a graduate student and anti-racism activist who participated in the rally, told The Associated Press police used tear gas indiscriminately and without reason on the crowd, including on children.
“The police were looking for excuses to use pepper spray and arrest members of the crowd," she said.
Police did not immediately comment, but the department said it would hold a news conference Saturday afternoon to discuss the arrests.
The “I Am Change” event, a racially diverse group of about 200 people marching to the polls, was organized by Rev. Greg Drumwright, a Burlington native who leads the the Citadel Church in Greensboro, according to his website.
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Marcher to North Carolina polls were attacked by Alamance County and Graham, NC, police ordering them to move onto the sidewalk and spraying pepper spray in their direction.
At least one senior citizen suffered convulsions, and two children threw up.
