USA-POLICE/WASHINGTON PROTEST Ferguson protesters block traffic in Washington

Record ID: 599881

  • Title: USA-POLICE/WASHINGTON PROTEST Ferguson protesters block traffic in Washington
  • Date: 15th January 2015
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS CARRYING BANNER THAT READS "STOP RACIST POLICE TERROR" AND CHANTING "RACIST COPS, SHUT IT DOWN, JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL BROWN" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CARRYING POSTERS THAT READ 'STOP THE WAR ON BLACK AMERICA" AND "STOP RACIST POLICE TERROR' PROTESTERS CHANTING "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT' (SOUNDBITE) (English) EUGENE PURYEAR, RALLY ORGANIZER, SAYING: "Whether it's out in the street getting petition, whether it's out in the streets protesting, whether it's folks having teach-ins and talking more about these issues, whether it's people pushing legislation, I mean, from the streets to the legislative chambers what we are seeing all around this country is people continuing to push forward on this issue and I think there was no better way to honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. than to get out and get into the streets." MORE OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN DOWNTOWN DC SHOT OF BACKED UP TRAFFIC WIDE OF PROTESTERS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NEXT TO POLICE VEHICLE
  • Embargoed: 30th January 2015 12:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5H9VYBF2QVQI8AF2GCZ8L6LVF
  • Story Text: Dozens of protesters snarled morning traffic in Washington on Thursday (January 15) to raise their voices against what they called "militarized and racially biased policing." The protest march, organized by a group called DC Ferguson, was held on the birth anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
    Chanting "hands up, don't shoot" and holding banners, protesters circled blocks through downtown Washington during the morning rush hour as police kept traffic at bay.
    Rally organizer Eugene Puryear said they were honoring King's legacy by calling for reform in police practices.
    "Whether it's out in the street getting petition, whether it's out in the streets protesting, whether it's folks having teach-ins and talking more about these issues, whether it's people pushing legislation, I mean, from the streets to the legislative chambers what we are seeing all around this country is people continuing to push forward on this issue and I think there was no better way to honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. than to get out and get into the streets."
    The march started at 0700est (1200gmt) and ended before 0900est (1400gmt). It is one of many recent demonstrations condemning police violence following the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York in 2014.
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