City Council approves resolution apologizing for the 1979 Greensboro shootings
2020
Greensboro
On October 6, 2020 the council apologized for the city's role in the events of November 3, 1979.
Greensboro's City Council approved a resolution on October 6, 2020 apologizing for the 1979 anti-Klan rally shootings. It went further than the 2009 statement of regret. Five protesters had been killed in the attack, and police were later found liable in a civil case.