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by digby
The protests continue. In fact, they go all the way to the steps of the Capitol:
African American Congressional staffers staged a walkout Thursday afternoon, disrupting their workday to gather on the Capitol steps in a display of unity with demonstrations against the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions.
More than 150 staffers quietly ascended the House of Representatives steps to lodge a silent protest in response to the deaths of both black men at the hands of white police officers.
Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black led the crowd in prayer, accompanied by dozens of Congressional staff and members of Congress, including civil-rights leader Rep. John Lewis. They were gathered there, Black said, to be a "voice for the voiceless."
"Forgive us when we have failed to lift our voices for those who could not speak or breathe themselves," Black prayed, making an unmistakeable reference to the case of Garner, whose cries of, "I can't breathe!" became an animating impetus for protesters.
After the Thursday prayer, the crowd of Congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.
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