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Residents and speakers urge Durham Council to rescind two-year trespass notice for Amanda Wallace
Summary
Multiple residents told the City Council that a two‑year trespass notice barring Amanda Wallace from City Hall was issued without transparency and called on the council to rescind it, arguing the December 1 disturbance was not comparable to January 6 and stressing concerns about free expression and equity.
A stream of residents urged Durham City Council on Monday to rescind a two‑year trespass notice that prohibits Amanda Wallace from City Hall, saying the ban was issued without public review and that equating a single act of dissent with the Jan. 6 attack on Congress was mistaken and harmful.
"Equating a single brief verbal expression of dissent ... to January 6 is not just inaccurate. It is dangerously misleading," said Angel Dozier, a resident who asked the council to protect civic participation rather than restrict it. Dozier and other speakers criticized council members who, they…
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