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We killed it. Check out teaser video, as well as the full State Fair Disruption and Swap Speciesism Sketch. From our press release:

"October 25, 2015, Raleigh – On Sunday, October 25th at 2:30 p.m., activists with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and Collectively Free (CF) held demonstrations both inside and outside the North Carolina State Fair in protest of the exploitation and slaughter of animals to be used as commodities. Activists met at the State Fair Ark to deliver speeches and hold signs with messages demanding the end of animal agriculture.

As they left the Ark, they marched through fairgrounds and chanted. Police eventually detained them and kept all of their signs, which the activists insist is theft of private property. Joel Keith, who identified himself as the Chief of Police, was wearing a North Carolina Department of Agriculture uniform while they were being detained. When asked why this was, police refused to comment.

After the activists had been removed from the fairgrounds, they remained undeterred and gathered across the street for a theatrical demonstration called Swap Speciesism, where activists enacted a reverse scenario dressed as animals and performed a mock “slaughter” on a human, followed by leafleting.

This protest was part of the Direct Action Everywhere Convergence campaign, with over 130 cities in 27 countries worldwide participating to project the message that animals are not ours to use, and that all animals should be safe, happy, and free.

'The animals exhibited at the State Fair Ark are displayed as the lovable, adorable creatures that they are,' says Jacob Martin, co-organizer for both DxE and Collectively Free, 'But what is being left out of the discussion is that these animals are being exploited for their secretions and murdered for their flesh. We are speaking out on behalf of these animals, by demanding a world where they are not viewed as products.'

'The animal rights movement is growing and strengthening each day, and all over the world we are gathering to speak out against the injustice and violence perpetrated against other species,' says activist Maria-Adriana Rojas. 'We invite all to join this fight to make that vision a reality.'

Throughout the world, some 150 billion animals are killed annually to be eaten. Animals who are killed for their flesh endure intense psychological and physical trauma, and undercover investigations have found that they are routinely eviscerated while still conscious."