NAACP Leaders Arrested Following Sit-In To Protest Sessions' AG Nomination

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published JANUARY 4, 2017, 10:18 AM EDT


Six people, including the national president and CEO of the NAACP, were arrested Tuesday night after an hours-long sit-in at Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Mobile, Alabama office. They were protesting Sessions' nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

NAACP President Cornell William Brooks posted a picture of what he said were mug shots of the six people who were arrested on his Twitter page early Wednesday morning, writing "After the @jeffsessions sit-in, these mugshots aren't pretty but they're pictures of @NAACP determination. #RestoreTheVRA & #stopsessions".

AL.com reported that, in addition to Brooks, five other people were arrested on charges of second-degree criminal trespassing. The arrestees included Benard Simelton, the president of the NAACP's Alabama state conference; Devon Crawford, a fellow at the NAACP; Lizzetta McConnell, the president of the NAACP's Mobile chapter; Stephen Green, the national director of the NAACP's youth and college division; and Joe Keffer.

According to the same report, about 30 people were participating in the sit-in at Sessions' office at one point.

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[LongTomH]

1. Is there a GoGundMe site for bail and fines?

[politicat]

7. Website has donate link in upper right corner.

http://alnaacp.org

Trust that they know how to spend the money to get the job done.

[lancelyons]

2. These are some of the stupid things that democrats do to make a statement or change.

Go sit in some office you dont belong in and get arrested. Wow that really worked.

There has to be better ways to make a point.

[LanternWaste]

3. It worked... you're thinking about it and discussing it.

It worked... you're thinking about it and discussing it.

(insert rationalization otherwise below to maintain consistent narrative if necessary)

[lancelyons]

6. Yea but it might have people talking about it in a negative way.

Yea but it might have people talking about it in a negative way that makes democrats look bad and crazy. Could impact voting.

Idk, Im just saying that I dont understand the value in doing this.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. These are Civil Rights groups protesting

If we went with your assertion, my ass would still be sitting at the fucking back of the bus*.

*(Hint: Rosa Parks was secretary of the local Montgomery, AL NAACP chapter when she refused to give up her seat in her famous civil disobedience move)

[blue cat]

5. I admire them.

I was planning to go to standing rock and possibly get arrested, but Obama finally stepped in.