Silent Sam, ACTBAC, Antifa, Police and Pepper Spray

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 11:57 p.m.

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Police turned into aggressors at Aug. 30 dueling protests on UNC\'s campus.
Online editor Michael Abernethy and Kate Croxton recount what they witnessed and experienced Thursday night -- with audio from the scene -- including being among those pepper sprayed by police.

4:00 - police presence
4:20 - Dance party on the quad
5:50 - Interview with UNC freshmen at the scene
7:30 - ACTBAC arrives
9:00 - Police barricades, and who were and weren\'t allowed inside
11:00 - Interview with Madeline Murnion, "flabberghasted" by the scene
13:30 - Confederate flag "parachute"
14:30 - ACTBAC\'s exit
16:30 - Police pepper spray nonviolent crowd
19:20 - On-scene: moments before the pepper spray
20:00 - Pepper spray hits crowd, causes Kate\'s respiratory attack
23:00 - Will police be held accountable for attacking protesters?
25:50 - Whose freedom of speech was protected Aug. 30?
30:00 - Pepper spray turned us from objective observers into part of the story


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