One Arrested As Protesters Rally for North Carolina to Reopen Despite Stay-At-Home Order

A protester from a grassroots organization called ReopenNC is arrested after refusing to leave a parking lot during a demonstration against the North Carolina CCP virus lockdown at the North Carolina State Legislature in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 14, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

More than 100 protesters rallied outside the General Assembly in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday morning, lambasting Gov. Roy Cooper’s stay-at-home restrictions and calling for businesses to reopen amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.

The protest, organized by Facebook group ReopenNC, saw police trying to contain demonstrators as they shunned social distancing measures and limits on public gathering to urge Cooper to lift the stay-at-home order issued on March 27 and allow non-essential businesses to reopen.