Early Friday morning, a modest but resolute group of Southeast Raleigh and broader Triangle residents gathered outside a home on Barwell Road to protest a new road construction project they say is unfolding without transparency, community consent, or regard for civil and property rights.
The protest was led by Reverend Isiah Green, a prominent voice in the neighborhood who has been championing community concerns around the ongoing development and its repercussions.
“We didn’t come to socialize. We came here for business; we come today to let the world know what’s been going on in Raleigh, Wake County, and North Carolina,” Rev. Green declared, opening the event with a forceful call for accountability…