ST. LOUIS — Protesters were arrested at a Moral Monday demonstration outside the U.S. attorney’s office in downtown St. Louis. ; DeRay Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie — prominent activists in the Black Lives Matter movement — were among those detained during the sit-in. LIVE on #Periscope: Live in St. Louis, outside the U.S. Attorney's office #ferguson https://t.co/C7NkandTqB August 10, 2015 Moral Mondays are a nationwide social justice movement that began in North Carolina in response to the state’s legislature’s conservative shift. The movement moved to St. Louis this week, calling on the Department of Justice ;to take action against police violence toward black people. ; The scene in St. Louis pic.twitter.com/zVRlxozIXX August 10, 2015 A video…
ST. LOUIS — Protesters were arrested at a Moral Monday demonstration outside the U.S. attorney’s office in downtown St. Louis. ;
DeRay Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie — prominent activists in the Black Lives Matter movement — were among those detained during the sit-in.
Moral Mondays are a nationwide social justice movement that began in North Carolina in response to the state’s legislature’s conservative shift. The movement moved to St. Louis this week, calling on the Department of Justice ;to take action against police violence toward black people. ;
This is the first time ;Mckesson or ;Elzie has been arrested during a demonstrations. Dr. Cornel West and the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou were arrested as well, according to ;Think Progress.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office said those who were detained would be receiving summons and released later in the afternoon. ;
Elzie tweeted this in reference to the case of Sandra Bland ;before she was taken into custody:
St. Louis County also issued a state of emergency for Ferguson on Monday due to the officer-involved shooting ;that took place on Sunday. Protesters were mourning the anniversary of the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown when shots rang out.
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