CIVIL RIGHTS: NAACP Fights Conservative Agenda To Weaken Voter Rights, Environmental Laws, Health Care And Student Aid - 140 Arrested During North Carolina Protests!
June 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES - About 140 people have been arrested during the latest weekly demonstration led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP against the state's Republican-led General Assembly.
Police estimate that roughly 1,000 people attended a rally late Monday afternoon behind the Legislative Building. Hundreds later entered the building, with those intending to get arrested wearing green wrist bands.
Those arrested were taken away in plastic bindings. They bring the total arrested in the weekly demonstrations to about 300. The rallies have taken place nearly every Monday since April.
WATCH: William J. Barber - Crowds Grow And Arrests Continue.
Hundreds more waited outside to cheer on those arrested as they were transported to a detention facility.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has spearheaded demonstrations to protest cuts to social programs, changes to voting laws and other issues championed by the GOP. - Huffington Post.
WATCH: Kojo Nantambu - "Why I Got Arrested".
WATCH: Martin St. Pastor - "Why I Got Arrested".
WATCH: Campus Minister - "Why I Got Arrested".
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| Members of North Carolina student chapters of the NAACP and opponents of voter ID legislation wear tape over their mouths while sitting silently in the gallery of the House chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly where lawmakers debated and voted on voter identification legislation in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) |
Police estimate that roughly 1,000 people attended a rally late Monday afternoon behind the Legislative Building. Hundreds later entered the building, with those intending to get arrested wearing green wrist bands.
Those arrested were taken away in plastic bindings. They bring the total arrested in the weekly demonstrations to about 300. The rallies have taken place nearly every Monday since April.
WATCH: William J. Barber - Crowds Grow And Arrests Continue.
Hundreds more waited outside to cheer on those arrested as they were transported to a detention facility.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has spearheaded demonstrations to protest cuts to social programs, changes to voting laws and other issues championed by the GOP. - Huffington Post.
WATCH: Kojo Nantambu - "Why I Got Arrested".
WATCH: Martin St. Pastor - "Why I Got Arrested".
WATCH: Campus Minister - "Why I Got Arrested".
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