A Spartacus moment

The conservative North Carolina legislature passed a law a while ago prohibiting pulling down public monuments (as in Confederate monuments) without their permission. A group in Durham pulled down a statue of a Confederate soldier anyway. Warrants were issued for the actual perpetrators, perhaps 7 people. When they showed up at the courthouse to be arrested they were joined by maybe 200 more activists who said, “Arrest me too!” Officials declined to do so and most arrested were released without bond. The Democratic governor could decide not to prosecute.