Cornell Brooks, President of the NAACP, and other NAACP Alabama colleagues are occupying Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office until he withdraws as attorney general nominee or they’re arrested, going live on social media from Sessions' Mobile, Alabama office.
They also tweeted out this image today:
The @NAACP & @AlabamaNAACP are occupying the Mobile office of @jeffsessions--untill he withdraws as a AG nominee or we're arrested.@tvonetv pic.twitter.com/7uceDDpz1Y
— Cornell Wm. Brooks (@CornellWBrooks) January 3, 2017
As reported in Colorlines, the group and others have called out Sessions for his racist history and in particular cited the Senate Judiciary Committee rejecting Sessions “for a federal judgeship because it felt he was racist.” Earlier in December, clergy gathered outside the Capitol to denounce Trump’s cabinet picks as well. Sessions has yet to release a statement about the sit-in.
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Updated on Jan. 4, 2017 at 1:15pm:
Cornell Brooks and five other protesters from the NAACP were arrested on Jan. 3, during the sit-in. They face charges of second-degree criminal trespass.
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