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Several Arrested At Sen. Schumer’s Office During Youth Sit-In Demanding Democratic Leaders Make Civil Rights A Top Priority
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Source: Black Star News

WASHINGTON, DC – In the aftermath of voters overwhelmingly rejecting the Trump Crow regime at the polls, organizers with Millennial & GenZ-led activist group Get Free held a sit-in at Sen. Schumer’s office on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to demand Democratic leaders take decisive action to defend and expand civil rights. Police arrested three activists at the sit-in. Afterwards, the remaining attendees held a small rally outside the steps of the House of Representatives. The group points to both the Black vote overcoming GOP efforts to prevent them from voting and to deny equal representation along with young people and voters across race turning out in record numbers to reject this white supremacist regime as grounds for Democrats to heal the broken foundation in America and mandate repair for true equality. Activists are specifically calling on Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep.
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