19 Nov 2016 Updated 21 Nov 2016: Charlotte Observer: Anti-Trump protesters in Charlotte seek protection for its ‘vulnerable communities’
By Celeste Smith
VIDEO: Organizer Andrew Fede (Washing University in St Louis School of Law shirt) on the goals of the Charlotte Against Trump Rally
CAPTION: About 100 attended the Charlotte Against Trump rally in Marshall Park on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.
Anti-Trump protests have cropped up in U.S. cities and internationally since his election on Nov. 8. Charlotte’s version on Saturday drew about 100 people and included speakers and a march from the park to the EpiCentre.
The “cries, fear, shock, disbelief and confusion” many have felt since the election is the result of not paying attention, speaker and Charlotte native Pamela Melissa Thomas said...
Charlotte attorney Kimberly Owens also urged “reaching out across the aisle” and talking to people who think differently...
5 PICS:
1: Attendees listen to speakers at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte during the Charlotte Against Trump rally on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016
2: Andrew Fede uses a megaphone to talk to attendees at the Charlotte Against Trump rally in Marshall Park on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016
3: “Many residents of Charlotte and North Carolina closed their eyes to the racism that we faced in our state,” speaker and Charlotte native Pamela Melissa Thomas said. “Wake up...It’s no longer, ‘If we ignore it, it will go away.’”
4: Andrew Fede uses a megaphone to talk to attendees at the Charlotte Against Trump rally in Marshall Park on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016
5: Andrew Fede uses a megaphone to talk to attendees at the Charlotte Against Trump rally in Marshall Park on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.
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