Clarification & Apology – for coverage in March 25, 2021 edition
In the March 25, 2021 edition of the newspaper, a story entitled “Protester who was found not guilty of Sept. charge found guilty of...
Charges against two more protesters dropped
The Alamance County district attorney’s office has dismissed charges against two additional defendants who were arrested at protests in downtown Graham during the second...
NAACP, county reach settlement in one of 2020 protest lawsuits
A federal district court judge has signed off on a settlement that the local chapter of the NAACP has reached with Alamance County’s top-ranking...
12 of 14 protest cases set for trial April 7 continued; two dismissed
Alamance County assistant district attorney Kevin Harrison agreed to dismiss an assault charge against Avery Markel Harvey, 30, black male, of 704 Larry Avenue...
Two more protest cases dismissed prior to trial
Two defendants who had been arrested at the march and rally in downtown Graham that ended with pepper spray on October 31, 2020 have...
Two black protesters convicted of resisting an officer and assault as other cases...
Two black male defendants who were arrested during protests in downtown Graham last year were found guilty at their trials in Alamance County district...
While highest-profile case remains pending, D.A. satisfied so far with 2020 protest trials
Alamance County’s district attorney says he’s still considering asking a grand jury to review the evidence for a felony charge of assaulting a sheriff’s...
Death of Marcus Smith in Greensboro police custody tragic, but officers not implicated
In the first incident, which activists describe as eerily similar to the death of George Floyd last May in Minneapolis, Strader was one of...
Man who ran when police tried to question him guilty of resisting arrest
But found not guilty of assaulting a counter-protester
A Black Lives Matter activist who was arrested in downtown Graham in September 2020 was convicted of...
Protester who was found not guilty of Sept. charge found guilty of failing to...
Another defendant who was arrested at a racial justice protest in downtown Graham last year was found guilty this week of misdemeanor failure to...
