By Eric Frederick, NC Local newsletter editor
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Tuesday was an extraordinary day, to say the least, at Alamance County’s Historic Courthouse in Graham.
Tom Boney Jr., publis
her of The Alamance News, was forcibly removed from a second-floor courtroom and handcuffed in a hallway outside for asserting his constitutional right to be there.
NC journalists file emergency appeal to get court access – North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
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A North Carolina judge is blocking journalists from his courtroom One objected — and got handcuffed
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