This article was originally published at Candid Slice and is used with the permission of the owner of the website. This is the first footage that has been released and made public. Candid Slice obtained it from the attorney of some of the arrested citizens. From Heather at Candid Slice:
Little old ladies get cuffed. People singing hymns get cuffed. A man calmly tells an officer, “What you are doing is unconstitutional, officer.” And all of it simply because of a non-violent protest in our own, PUBLIC legislative building. It’s so very emotional. I just got hold of it from the lawyer of some arrestees.
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Raw and unedited arrest video from the Moral Monday protest held at the General Assembly in Raleigh on June 3, 2013. About 1000 people attended this rally on Halifax Mall and over 100 people were arrested when they refused to leave the Legislative Building.
Seriously, look at the people singing and clapping as they get arrested. Listen to the first man, saying, ?What you’re doing is unconstitutional, officer.? Total non-violent protests, as the first ever group of Moral Monday arrestees is taken away.
This is activism in action. Now the rest of the United States can get an insider look at what it’s like to be part of the Moral Monday movement. Even the elderly and the sick were willingly taken away in handcuffs, standing up for what they believe.
The first Moral Monday of 2014 will be May 19th. You want to change the world? This is what it looks like.
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Reverend Barber Walking to General Assembly
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At the Entry to the Rotunda<
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Chief’s Final Warning<>
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Arrests Part 1
