Proud Boys Disrupt N.C. Drag Story Hour, Activists Say Police Helped
North Carolina was disrupted by members of the local Proud Boys group, but reports differ as to the severity of the protest and the actions of the local sheriff.The incident took place Tuesday in a private room at the Pine Valley Library in Wilmington where local drag queens were reading stories to children.
Deputies from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office (NHCSO) were called after reported members of the Cape Fear Proud Boys demonstrated outside the library.
The situation escalated when several masked protesters entered the library, allegedly uttering antigay slurs at folks in the library, and attempted to enter the room where the Drag Queen Story Hour was taking place.
Some attendees claimed the sheriff escorted the protestors to the room, a charge the authorities strongly denied.According to a statement from the NHCSO, a supervisor had “positioned himself between the private room holding the reading and the demonstrators” and informed the group there were not permitted to enter the room where the story hour was taking place.
