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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A group of protesters ignored a stay-at-home order so they could gather in front of a North Carolina women’s clinic.
The city of Charlotte received complaints Saturday morning about people possibly not following Mecklenburg County’s stay-at-home order.
There was a protest at a preferred women’s health center in the Grier Heights neighborhood.
THREAD: I’ve been in touch with a few people, regarding this gathering outside a women’s health center in Charlotte. Does this violate the county’s “stay at home” order? Here’s what we found out: https://t.co/hk3xgQTh4w
— DaShawn Brown (@DaShawnWSOC9) March 28, 2020
“They’re putting our first responders at risk if they have to show up,” Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eiselt said. “I just think it’s unconscionable. You can agree or disagree with reproductive health care, but it doesn’t matter. It’s legal. It’s deemed an essential business.”
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