Alamance Agencies Missed Deadline To Release Videos Of Pepper-Spray Use

Two law enforcement agencies in Alamance County did not comply with a court-ordered deadline for releasing videos taken during a 2020 confrontation with protesters.

Small children were among the people in the crowd who were pepper-sprayed as they gathered near a Confederate monument in Graham for a get-out-the-vote rally in October. Police said some participants were arrested because they were blocking a roadway.

A judge ruled earlier this month that failure to make the videos available would undermine public trust.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Office and the Graham Police Department were under court order to release the videos to a coalition of news organizations on Friday.

The News & Observer, one of those organizations, reports that the agencies failed to do so.

A sheriff's office spokesman said the county was considering whether to appeal the judge's decision.