Customer’s Black Lives Matter button prompts ‘civil disturbance’ at NC ice cream shop – By Mark Price (The State) / July 23 2020
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article244430267.html
Multiple law enforcement agencies were called to a Gastonia ice cream shop Wednesday after protesters began confronting each other in a “civil disturbance.”
The source of the unrest was a dispute Monday involving a Black customer from Raleigh and a staffer at Tony’s Ice Cream, at 604 E. Franklin Boulevard, according to the Charlotte Observer’s news partner WBTV.
The customer — identified as Lydia Maria Sturgues-Robinson — told WBTV and other news outlets she received “unfair treatment” Monday at the shop due to a Black Lives Matter button worn on her shirt. The incident has led protesters to gather at the site the past two nights.
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