A lawsuit alleging that Graham, North Carolina, police and Alamance County sheriff’s deputies engaged in voter suppression by dispersing a 2020 march to the polls with pepper spray appears close to a final settlement.
With the help of a mediator, 19 plaintiffs struck a deal with law enforcement officials that would pay each plaintiff about $17,700 and oblige Graham’s police chief to meet with them, court documents show.
The plaintiffs, including four children, agreed not to litigate Graham’s much-disputed protest ordinance for six months.
