Protesters hit the streets Thursday across the Charlotte region as part of a nationwide “Good Trouble Lives On” movement.
Christy Caroll stood on a bridge over the interstate in Davidson, holding a sign with the message: "Trump betrayed us."
"Trump said he was for the little guy, for the
— for the regular guy," Caroll said. "Cutting Medicaid and cutting SNAP benefits and health care in all different directions is not about that."
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The protests were planned to honor the fifth anniversary of John Lewis’s death. A longtime civil rights icon and congressman, he wrote a well-known phrase in 2018: “Never be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”.
Caroll said that’s what she’s doing – alongside the hundreds of folks down the street. Other protests were planned Thursday in Charlotte, Gastonia and cities across the region.
