Marchers surround Justice Department building

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Thousands of demonstrators encircled Justice Department headquarters in the nation's capital on Friday to demand the government crack down harder on hate crimes.


Thousands gather Friday morning at Freedom Plaza in the nation's capital for a march to the Justice Department.

"We have so many people we surrounded the Justice Department and two blocks more," the Rev. Al Sharpton told CNN as the orderly crowd marched around the building where newly sworn-in Attorney General Michael Mukasey was working.

"This is a real outcry, a real outrage from people around this country," he said.

Marchers walked from Freedom Plaza to the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, which they planned to circle seven times, in an apparent allusion to the biblical story of the fall of Jericho.

As they began to circle the building, only about 20 feet separated the front of the line of protesters -- marching eight abreast -- from the end.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/16/justice.rally/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[shance]

1. Wow. Take a look at the picture. That's quite a crowd.

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[underpants]

3. WOW how is it that I didn't see or hear anything about this?

[defendandprotect]

8. C-span covered it --- and org tried to make VERY CLEAR how large the rally was ---

I think they succeeded ---
but presumably, officials and MSM will lie about it anyway ---

[fascisthunter]

11. Holy Moly.... That's a Very Large Crowd

and yet I heard nothing about this.

[jtrockville]

2. Don't miss the rally and concert Sat Nov 17th @ noon

At the Washington Monument in DC.
http://www.hiphopcaucus.org/nov15.php

[pacalo]

4. When I saw the headline "Marchers Surround Justice Dept. Building" I thought, 'Justice at last.'

'A good show of support for the Constitution & against this fascist regime that is ripping it to shreds.'

But then, would CNN & the other major media be reporting about this protest if it were against the fascist regime?

[Joanne98]

5. Thousands march against race crimes in Washington

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of black Americans marched around the U.S. Justice Department on Friday to protest what they described as heavy-handed law enforcement and a reluctance to prosecute racially motivated crimes.

Chants of "no justice, no peace" and "fired up, can't take it no more" echoed off the monumental government buildings along Pennsylvania Avenue as an overwhelmingly black crowd of about 10,000 circled the department's Washington headquarters.

Civil rights leaders organized the march after a spate of incidents in which blacks have been harassed with nooses, a symbol of racist lynchings.

The frustration of African Americans has also been sparked by charges against six black teenagers in the small town of Jena, Louisiana stemming from a fight after white students hung nooses from a tree at the school.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1639890820071116

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6. K&R

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7. Kick

[Omaha Steve]

9. Strange how....

this story is LBN. A similar story was moved just 1 day before. What is the difference?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3067774&mesg_id=3067774

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=367x5072

Workers across the country fought back today against the ongoing assault on their rights by the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In Washington, D.C., and more than 20 other cities, working men and women marched to and rallied at NLRB offices, saying until a pro-worker labor board is appointed, the agency should be “closed for renovations.”


And a big R!

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