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Today on the Matt Wall Show, a police in North Carolina broke up a peaceful protest and

arrested protesters who had gone to the state capital to speak out against the governor's

shutdown orders. And the police department explained that they were breaking up the protest

and arresting people because protesting is, quote, not essential. I very much disagree

with that. And I think there's a discussion we need to have about this word essential.

And what does it mean exactly? And who has the authority really to decide what's essential

and what isn't? So we're going to talk about all that coming up. Also, five headlines,

including attorney general, bar, speaking of our essential rights, is siding with church

goers and Mississippi who were fined for attending a church service on Easter. And at the end of

the show, I want to tell you about the most incredible email I think I've ever received

from a reader. And this is, well, it's a story you're going to want to hear. So stick

around for that. All that coming up. But to start with, like I said, a group of peaceful

protesters gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday to call for the reopening of

the state. They stood outside. They observed the guidelines of social distancing. They

were, you know, more than six feet apart. More importantly, though, they observed the guidelines

of the First Amendment, which plain as they protects, quote, the right of the people

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