adminWASHINGTON/OAKLAND. — Dozens of US congressional staff staged a walkout on Thursday to protest decisions by grand juries not to charge white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.
The staffers, including members of the Congressional Black Associates group, held a prayer service on the steps of the US Capitol and raised their hands in a reference to the “Hands up, don’t shoot” chants that have become a feature of protests around the nation. The action was the latest in a series of demonstrations over concerns about the policing of black communities. — Reuters.
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