We're getting some more info on the people who were arrested for refusing to give up the podium at Tuesday's Wake County school board meeting.

In an article today in the Associated Baptist Press, four of the six people who were arrested are identified as members of Raleigh's Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. Pullen has been a hotbed of protest against the end of the diversity policy with the church's senior pastor, the Rev. Nancy Petty, having been arrested twice on trespassing charges at board meetings.

All three teens who were arrested are members of Pullen, including Seth Keel. It was Keel, 16, a Middle Creek High student, who launched the protest by refusing to leave the podium after his two minutes. He was soon joined at the microphone by the other five people.

SEE UPDATE AT END OF POST, INCLUDING THURSDAY'S LETTER TO THE EDITOR BY KEEL'S MOTHER

The antipathy between the Wake County school board majority and their critics was extremely evident on Tuesday.

As noted in today's article by Thomas Goldsmith, speakers lashed into the board majority for abandoning the diversity policy and going to only one public comment period per month. Members of the board majority fired back later on in the discussion before adopting the public comment change.

Here are examples of some of the comments:

Six people have been arrested for refusing to give up the podium at today's Wake County school board meeting.

At least one person, Seth Keel, is a Middle Creek High School student.

UPDATE

Click here for the online story. Like previous arrests, they were charged with second-degree trespassing.