Four Protesters ARRESTED For TAKING DOWN Confederate Statue In Durham North Carolina
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Channel: The Progressive Voice · 2017 · News & Politics
Four Protesters ARRESTED For TAKING DOWN Confederate Statue In Durham North Carolina Fourth person arrested after toppling of Durham County Confederate monument. DURHAM The Durham County Sheriff's Office arrested a fourth person in connection with activists who toppled a Confederate statue during a demonstration Monday night. Deputies arrested Peter Gull Gilbert, 36, of Durham, Wednesday afternoon. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dante Emmanuel Strobino, 35, and Ngoc Loan Tran, 24. Wednesday morning when they were attending a court hearing for Takiyah Fatima Thompson, 22, who was arrested on the same charges Tuesday afternoon. Takiyah Thompson, a member of Workers World Party and student at N.C. Central University is arrested after activists held a press conference at NC Central University Tuesday afternoon, August 15, 2017. In a release Thompson said she was the one who tied a rope around the soldier’s neck so that others could pull the statue to the ground. Takiya Thompson tells reporters why she chose to climb a Confederate statue in Durham and attach a rope to help pull the statue over. Thompson was arrested after holding a press conference on the campus of N.C. Central University, where she is a student. ▪ Disorderly conduct by injury to a statue (Class II misdemeanor). ▪ Damage to real property (statue as a fixture (Class I misdemeanor). ▪ 14-288.2(c) Participation in a riot with property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class H felony). ▪ 14-288.2(e) inciting others to riot where there is property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class F felony). -- Connect With The Host! - BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.patreon.com/theprogressivevoice - DONATE ON PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/theprogressivevoice - BUY AN OFFICIAL PROGRESSIVE VOICE MUG! https://teespring.com/theprogressivevoice - FOLLOW ME ON VIDME https://vid.me/TheProgressiveVoice - LIKE MY NEW FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/The-Progressive-Voice-144803039365734/ - LISTEN TO THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE PODCAST ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-progressive-voice/id1265065271?mt=2 - LISTEN TO THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE PODCAST ON SPREAKER https://www.spreaker.com/user/theprogressivevoice - SUBSCRIBE TO THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE: https://www.youtube.com/c/theprogressivevoice - FOLLOW THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/progressvoice
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