CPP: After Ferguson, Asheville ‘Peace Rally’ scheduled for Aug. 30

From Carolina Public Press:

By Alicia Funderburk

About 100 people gathered in downtown Asheville Sunda, [Aug. 24], to protest police brutality and racial injustice. One of the rally’s organizers, Shanita Jackson, handed out flyers about a larger Peace Rally planned for [Saturday], Aug. 30, in Asheville.

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