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PHOTOS: Hundreds Walk To The Polls In Graham, Days After Police Pepper-Sprayed Marchers

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published November 4, 2020 at 3:46 AM EST

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Peyton Sickles

Several hundred protesters returned Tuesday afternoon to downtown Graham, in Alamance County for an Election Day "peaceful push to the polls" march. The demonstrators engaged in a largely "silent" march, and were encouraged to stay on sidewalks and not engage with law enforcement.
On Saturday, sheriff's deputies and police pepper-sprayed marchers in the same location.

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Pastor Dwayne Griffin, 50, waits along with other protesters to begin the march towards the square.

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A protester wearing a hoodie that reads 'I can't breathe' in reference to the killing of Black men at the hands of police listens intently to the woman at the center of the circle.

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Neighborhood residents watch with interest as protesters walk by in silence, with signs in hand.

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Protestors stand with Confederate flags in hand, as they pose while trampling a Black Lives Matter flag.

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A protester holds a sign with information on a voter intimidation hotline.

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