Fact Check: Tillis says no arrests were made during Durham protest that blocked freeway

It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. Republican U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee sent out a press release earlier this month in support of legislation they introduced called the Safe and Open Streets Act. The press release referred to an incident in Durham in November in which protesters blocked a freeway during rush hour “stranding drivers and compromising the free flow of commerce. No arrests were made.” For more, I’m joined now by Paul Specht of WRAL.

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