Group opposed to NC stay-at-home order demands protection from arrest while protesting [View all]
After the arrest of a protester at Tuesday’s rally against Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic-spawned executive orders, a group opposing the strict social restrictions is seeking legal protection.
Lawyers Anthony Biller and James Lawrence, Raleigh-based lawyers with the law firm Michael Best & Friedrich representing ReOpenNC, sent a letter to Cooper and Wake County Board of Commissioners Chairman Greg Ford on Friday asking for assurances they’ll be able to protest.
According to the letter, the protesters want written clarification that protests are considered essential activities and thus not subject to executive orders’ restrictions on mass gatherings.
“Unfortunately,” Biller wrote, “these broad orders have created a reasonable apprehension the exercise of such fundamental rights will lead to detention, arrest and criminal prosecution.”
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