WASHINGTON – Progressive clerics Rev. Jesse Jackson and Bishop William Barber II were among more than 20 people arrested during a Poor People’s Campaign demonstration at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, according to police.
The campaign announced that they’d be holding the demonstration under the banner “A National Call for Moral Revival” this week.
Went to visit a friend at the Capitol & walk into the #PoorPeoplesCampaign protest over the #FILIBUSTER. Next thing I know, Rev. Jesse Jackson & Pastor Dr. William Barber II are getting arrested! pic.twitter.com/x6YRw2IUCI
— Shardé M. Davis, Ph.D. (@DrShardeDavis) June 23, 2021
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