ACTBAC Holds Peaceful Silent Sam Rally On UNC Campus

UPDATE:

Police have identified the three Antifa who were arrested last night as Shannon Ashley MacLaughlin, Mary Frances Rosen, and Cammy Lee Morgan.

“Mary Frances Rosen, 23, of Charlotte is charged with misdemeanor resisting a public officer. Warrants say she held on to a person who UNC police was attempting to arrest for assault.

Shannon Ashley MacLaughlin, 24, of Vilas, North Carolina is charged with misdemeanor resisting a public officer. Warrants say she tried to prevent police from arresting a suspect.

Cammy Lee Morgan, 25, of Vilas, North Carolina is charged with misdemeanor resisting a public officer. Warrants say she refused to comply with police commands and asked for friends to “group hug” her to prevent her arrest.

All three are scheduled to appear in court Sept. 13. …”

CBS 17 has the arrests on video.

UPDATE: Dox Team was on the ground and recorded these videos:

Gary Williamson of ACTBAC is a class act:

@actbac Pledging for a peaceful protest @UNC pic.twitter.com/VdJPMzwpBA

— Meg Oliver (@megoliver) August 31, 2018

I had my doubts about the wisdom of this publicly announced event. I was worried that the UNC and Chapel Hill Police would stand down again like they did on August 20.

From what I saw on social media, ACTBAC was able to hold their Silent Sam rally and there were no real issues tonight. The police appear to have done their jobs and kept both sides separated. After ACTBAC was escorted out by police, Antifa were tear gassed or pepper sprayed and three people were arrested after lingering and getting into fights long after the event was over:

“CHAPEL HILL – With a heavy police presence watching, opponents and supporters of Confederate monuments squared off Thursday night on the UNC campus spot where the Silent Sam statue was toppled last week.

Three people had been arrested by 10 p.m., according to UNC spokeswoman Carly Miller. Two people were charged with affray and one was charged with resisting an officer.

Police deployed pepper spray several times, and lots of people could be seen coughing.

Anti-Silent Sam protesters started a dance party to celebrate the fallen Confederate statue about 7:45 p.m. A few minutes later, about 40 to 50 members of the Southern heritage group ACTBAC, or Alamance County Taking Back Alamance County, were led into a fenced-off area near the empty pedestal where the bronze statue had stood. …”

Who are ACTBAC?

This man came alone and says his relatives fought and died in the Civil War and wants to honor them by reinstalling #SilentSam at #UNC @SpecNewsRDU pic.twitter.com/2Iax8kGYI9

— Ian Dembling (@iandembling) August 31, 2018

Rusty from Eastern NC says this is his third time on campus and he’s not happy with the way those with opposing viewpoints treat him when he discusses bringing #SilentSam back @SpecNewsRDU pic.twitter.com/4qSHXr2det

— Ian Dembling (@iandembling) August 31, 2018

ACTBAC flaggers marching from planetarium parking lot to #SilentSam pic.twitter.com/8U0qJhcu7V

— 919 risk pool (@oneduran) August 31, 2018

ACTBAC group folding up large Confederate flag at #SilentSam rally pic.twitter.com/UJ8eNwVYQv

— WCHL & Chapelboro (@WCHLChapelboro) August 31, 2018

I counted 57 #ACTBAC supporters total, 53 plus the 4 early arrivals. They just approached #SilentSam and the crowd is going crazy. “Nazis go home! Nazis go home!” pic.twitter.com/XReh71qtR3

— Tony Crider (@acrider) August 31, 2018

ACTBAC looks to me like some good ol boys, down home, salt of the earth people who are born and raised in North Carolina and who just want to honor their ancestors.

Who are the counter-protesters?

Protestors’ reaction to ACTBAC’s large Confederate flag. #SilentSam pic.twitter.com/PBSi3qJmrB

— Andrew Carter (@_andrewcarter) August 31, 2018

BREAKING | We’re trying to confirm what just happened. The WFMY News 2 crews and others at the Silent Sam Twilight service have been affected by tear gas or some chemical that has been released into the crowd

— WFMY News 2 (@WFMY) August 31, 2018

Another skirmish and several people taken into Graham Memorial pic.twitter.com/MCcjgfCJmK

— WCHL & Chapelboro (@WCHLChapelboro) August 31, 2018

A woman was arrested. I didn’t see what prompted it. pic.twitter.com/yOwG8BTQay

— Carli Brosseau (@carlibrosseau) August 31, 2018

Altha, a #UNC professor, is disappointed in how the campus police allowed #confederatestatue supporters a safe place to #protest #SilentSam @SpecNewsRDU pic.twitter.com/oSk4TNlKxu

— Ian Dembling (@iandembling) August 31, 2018

Here’s more video as the police took the woman into Graham Memorial. pic.twitter.com/oWwpD0iShW

— Carli Brosseau (@carlibrosseau) August 31, 2018

Protesters waiting for the three arrestees. They said they’re unable to provide legal support until they have the full names. pic.twitter.com/8yRr7g7cDZ

— María Elena Vizcaíno (@vizcainomariae) August 31, 2018

Protesters tried to block this van from transporting those taken into custody to Hillsborough pic.twitter.com/ENKC3opszf

— WCHL & Chapelboro (@WCHLChapelboro) August 31, 2018

Just In from @unc. We are now being told there have been three arrests reported. Two arrests for affray and a third arrest for resisting an officer.
UNC Police report a pepper fogger was deployed a second time to assist law enforcement in maintaining order. #MyFOX8 #SilentSam

— Lori Denberg (@LDENBERG) August 31, 2018

The counter-protesters were a vulgar, violent mob who failed to disperse and got arrested in pointless conflicts with the police over an hour after ACTBAC had left. All the actual hate that I witnessed tonight on livestreams was directed at either ACTBAC or the police.