Protesters pack Raleigh for ‘Moral March’

[Triana]

Thousands of protesters descended on downtown Raleigh on a frigid Saturday morning to voice criticism of policies enacted over the past year by the GOP-led legislature and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

Filling Fayetteville Street from the State Capitol Building and three city blocks south, demonstrators sang, clapped and carried signs for a variety of causes, including expanding Medicaid, increasing teacher pay and advocating for gay rights.

Organized by the state chapter of the NAACP, the event was dubbed a “Moral March,” in the same spirit of the series of “Moral Monday” protests held by the group at the Legislative Building last year.

But while those “Moral Monday” legislative protests resulted in several hundred citizens subjecting themselves to arrest, Saturday’s march saw no such civil disobedience.

THE REST of the story:

http://thevoterupdate.com/jones/?p=2011#.UvbMB0KwI1Y

[Scuba]

1. Thank you Moral March protesters!!

[Cha]

2. Mahalo Moral Marchers!

thanks Triana~

[NCarolinawoman]

3. crowd estimate from 80,000 to 100,000.

[Triana]

4. And McCrony and friends are still calling them all

"a fringe group of leftists from out of state"

[marions ghost]

5. N&O article

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3602345/hkonj-thousands-march-in-downtown.html

There are over 100 comments on this article--gives a good insight into the NC reaction.

[Triana]

6. Seems like most were in favor. n/t

[marions ghost]

7. I read through it

--some sticky spots but critics of the march were rebutted well...