One of ReOpenNC organizers tests positive
TRY TO PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM
MAKING ITS WAY IN.
THE FOCUS IS NOW ON STOPPING
THE SPREAD AT THIS FACILITY AND
OTHERS.
>> WE LEARNED TODAY THAT ONE OF
THE MORE THAN 9000 POSITIVE
COVID-19 CASES IN NORTH
CAROLINA IS AN ADMINISTRATOR
FOR A GROUP THAT WANTS TO LIFT
THE STAY AT HOME ORDER.
ANOTHER PROTEST IS PLANNED AND
WE ARE JOIN LIVE WITH DETAILS.
DID THIS POSITIVE CASE CHANGE
THE GROUP'S PERSPECTIVE?
>> Reporter: I CAN TELL YOU IT
DID NOT.
THE WOMAN'S NAME IS AUDREY WILL
BLOCK AND WE ARE TOLD SHE DID
NOT ATTEND THE PAST TWO PROTEST
ON JONES STREET.
ALTHOUGH HER QUARANTINE ENDED
YESTERDAY, WE ARE TOLD SHE
WON'T BE HERE TOMORROW EITHER.
>> ONE PROTESTERS CONVERGED ON
DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, ORGANIZERS
SAY AUDREY WHITLOCK STAYED HOME
IN QUARANTINE.
ON FACEBOOK, SHE CONFIRMS SHE
WAS A SYSTEMATIC WHEN SHE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
HOW DID SHE GET A TEST?
ASHLEY SMITH SAYS WILL LOCK
IMPROVED BY THE TIME SHE
RECEIVED A SECOND TEST.
>> I BELIEVE SHE WAS SICK
BEFOREHAND AND WAS TESTED AND
HER TEST WAS DAMAGED AND THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLED HER
BACK AND SENT IT AGAIN.
>> THIS BY GIVING THE VIRUS,
SHE SAID THAT PEOPLE WANT TO
KEEP THE STATE CLOSE AND
OPERATE FROM THE FALSE ARE THE
ESSENCE OF SECURITY IS WORTH
GIVING UP FREEDOM.
>> THERE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF
A CASE THAT WAS NOT TRACKED OR
TRACED AND WAS NOT HANDLED AS
SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS A
GOVERNOR IS PERPETRATING THIS
AS.
>> SMITH AND OTHER PROTESTERS
PLAN TO RETURN TO RALEIGH WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE'S
ECONOMIC HEALTH THAN THE RISK
OF SPREADING THE VIRUS.
>> EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN
DECISION TO MAKE.
I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE VIRUS.
I AM MORE AFRAID OF LOSING MY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND
LIKELY HAD DONE THE VIRUS.
>> THIS AFTERNOON, THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PUT OUT A
RELEASE CRITICIZING THE PROTEST
CALLING IT A DEMONSTRATION OF
JAW-DROPPING LACK OF SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND IN ADDITION
TO THE PROTEST, REOPEN AND SEE
SAYS THEY ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL
ACTION TO CHALLENGE THE