Town officials condemn ‘aggressive police tactics’ at UNC, want charges dropped

Chapel Hill and Carrboro officials on Wednesday condemned “aggressive police tactics” and “the arrests of peaceful protestors” at a pro-Palestinian rally Tuesday on UNC’s campus. In a statement shared on social media, eight of 15 elected town officials also urged Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jeff Nieman to dismiss the charges and citations issued to protesters “and to prioritize restorative justice rather than punitive measures.” “We, the undersigned, believe that, in taking this unnecessary step, UNC administration created an environment that inevitably resulted in an escalation of force, including the use of...