Jesse Jackson and Rev William Barber among demonstrators arrested
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Civil Rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson was among those arrested during a demonstration near the US Capitol on Monday.
Mr Jackson, a former presidential candidate who ran in 1984 and 1988, was arrested among other demonstrators during a protest near Capitol Hill calling for an end to the filibuster, voting rights, immigrant rights and a $15 minimum wage.
Arrests have begun. First among them: an activist and a Unitarian Universalist minister. I spoke with the minister earlier — she’s from Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/1bDkvBo7Zv
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) August 2, 2021
