WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) Another convention has canceled in North Carolina in protest of the state’s new law limiting anti-discrimination protections for the LGBT community. “Before it passed, he said, he emailed the Council to warn it that if it changed ‘basic restroom and locker room norms, ‘ he would be forced to support a state law overriding them”.
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A few minutes later, law enforcement officers started leading out the protesters who had entered Moore’s office, one by one, in plastic handcuffs.
Authorities said 54 people were arrested during a House Bill 2 protest at the Legislative Building that attracted hundreds of people to an earlier sit-in. “We are all paying the price”.
Since passing HB2, North Carolina has experienced a national backlash from celebrities, corporations, and advocacy groups.
Detention records show the protesters were released late Monday or early Tuesday on a written promise to appear or on bonds that were generally around $1,000. Springsteen said in a statement that the cancellation ” is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards”. One also faces a resisting arrest charge, he said. Thousands rallied outside the Legislative Building to thank lawmakers for enacting the law.
Boss Key CEO Cliff Bleszinski has called out the Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, in a recent interview with us on his upcoming title, Lawbreakers.
Acting General Assembly Police Chief Martin Brock said all would be charged with second-degree trespassing, and would be cited for violating building rules or the fire code.
Newton was speaking at a rally for supporters of a controversial state law that bars transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity rather than with the gender assigned to them at birth. The arguments over the law resumed on Tuesday, after Democrats in the legislature complained about statements made on Monday by GOP state Sen. Several dozen protesters continued a vocal protest inside the front doors of the Legislative Building for at least a half hour before leaving. He said Monday night he hadn’t heard from any colleagues whose support for the law had been swayed based on the protests and economic fallout.
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