The ACLU of North Carolina today issued the following statement today regarding the excessive force used against demonstrators across North Carolina on Tuesday.  Tuesday’s demonstrations were met with a violent, militarized response from state and local law enforcement.

In response to a serious COVID-19 outbreak at the federal prison complex in Butner, NC, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and Winston & Strawn filed a lawsuit.

Starting July 1, people in Alamance County will no longer be jailed because they are too poor to pay bail