U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan has issued a statement regarding the nearly sixty arrests that took place during a #MoralMonday protest outside the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse this afternoon.
“Fifty seven protestors were arrested this afternoon for obstructing the normal use of the entrances to the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse,” U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan said in a statement.
After direct action training, about 400 protesters marched to the building where they conducted an “anointing” ceremony – where hands were laid on the building an each other in the name of reclaiming it for sacred justice.
Clergy then presented a proclamation/list of demands that focused on an overhaul of the justice system that they said was separate and unequal in its treatment of people of color.
“We who believe in freedom shall not rest until it comes,” the group sang, led by Rev. Traci Blackmon…
Dr. Cornel West, Rev. Sekou, Rev. Renita Lampkin, Rev. Starsky Wilson, Johnetta Elize, DeRay McKesson, Kayla Reed and Damon Davis were some notable faces from Ferguson taken into custody.
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