Members from the Howard University NAACP and Democracy Spring were arrested on Tuesday while peacefully protesting the Attorney General nomination of Jeff Sessions.
The protesters were arrested in Sessions’ DC office in what has been a series of peaceful sit-in actions kicked off by the national NAACP last week. According to the New York Times, members from the national NAACP were also arrested on Monday following another peaceful sit-in action in Sessions’ Mobile, Alabama office.
Here’s the livestream of our #StopSessions sit-in: https://t.co/Kaq2RQTV5I pic.twitter.com/hggMOBkPmy
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) January 10, 2017
Protesters now holding a sit-in in @SenatorSessions‘ Senate office, which is right across the hall from his confirmation hearing. pic.twitter.com/BunxhzvFqi
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 10, 2017
.@JeffSessions is a danger to democracy. As a Senator, he’s opposed the landmark Voting Rights Act. #RestoreTheVRA
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) January 10, 2017
As a prosecutor in Alabama, @jeffsessions wrongly charged a civil rights organizer w/voter fraud to stay the tide of new black voters in AL.
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) January 10, 2017
We need a champion of equal voting rights as the lead law enforcement officer of our nation, not a Jim-Crow era apologist. #StopSessions
— Democracy Spring (@DemSpring) January 10, 2017
Students from @HowardU & @DemSpring staff were arrested while protesting @jeffsessions in his DC office this morning. #StopSessions pic.twitter.com/iW24ajRxLE
— Devon J. Crawford (@devonjcrawford) January 10, 2017
Howard University NAACP’s official statement from Vice President, Deja Bryant. pic.twitter.com/u9OJgLjxow
— Howard Univ. NAACP (@HU_NAACP) January 10, 2017
We commend the @HU_NAACP for fulfilling their moral obligation to fight injustice and their unwavering courage in the face of adversity.
— Men Of G.W. Carver (@MOGWC) January 11, 2017
