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    Democracy Spring Caps Off Week Of Demonstrations With 1,240 Arrests

    Democracy Spring Caps Off Week Of Demonstrations With 1,240 Arrests

    BY RACHEL KURZIUS
    IN NEWS ON APR 18, 2016 4:43 PM



    Demonstrators worried about the role of money in politics and voter suppression have wrapped up their week of sit-ins at the U.S. Capitol with approximately 1,240 arrests to their name since April 11, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, including about 300 today.
    Dubbed Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakens, the movement began with a 10-day march from Philadelphia to D.C. The coalition of progressive groups planned a number of differently-themed days after arriving in the District last Monday, including "Elders Standing for Democracy Spring," which resulted in 85 arrests, and tying themselves to Capitol scaffolding.

    Protest organizers put the number of arrests over the course of the week even higher—more than 1,400 people, according to Jeff Raines of ReThink Media. (He says that number is based on internal tallies, and expects that the U.S. Capitol Police will upwardly revise their number.)


    Among today's arrests were Cornell Brooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Miss New Jersey Samira Khan.


    By now, all of the protesters arrested have been processed and released on the scene, according to U.S. Capitol Police.


    "Organizers were very happy to see just how many people are interested in this issue," says Raines. "People flew in from across the country to make their voices heard."

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