Anatomy of A Protest: North Carolina and Your (Formerly) Private Information

As North Carolina's growing Moral Monday protests enter their 10th cycle today, the right-wing Civitas Institute is working hard to discredit the thousands of cititzens who claim to represent a cross-section of the state by revealing "who they really are" - ie: obviously, dirty commie "outsiders." So Civitas has posted a scarily detailed protester database offering a raft of personal information on arrestees: name, age, salary, mugshot, affiliation. The kicker: Turns out they're, umm, a cross-section of the state, with 98% from North Carolina and the largest age group 56-65. And God knows we're dangerous.

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