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Charges Dropped Against All Durham, NC, Confederate-Statue Protesters
There were 12 defendants charged in connection with the Aug. 14, 2017, toppling of a Confederate statue in Durham, N.C., and by Tuesday afternoon, the charges had been dropped against all of them, ending what one local attorney described as “a waste of taxpayer money in the name of the Confederacy, of all things.” The…
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Activists Who Pulled Down Confederate Statue in Durham, NC, Will Not Face Felony Charges
Eight of the activists who participated in the toppling of a Confederate statue in front of the old courthouse in downtown Durham, N.C., will no longer face felony charges, the county district attorney said Thursday. The activists appeared before District Judge Frederick S. Battaglia at a hearing Thursday morning, the Herald-Sun reports. Their cases were…