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                Activists in Washington March for Racial Justice

   by VOA News

   Family members of four black men and boys killed by U.S. police or
   security personnel are joining in a march Saturday in Washington to
   protest what many Americans describe as police brutality and racial
   injustice.

   Relatives of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin
   gathered at Freedom Plaza, near the White House, to march down
   Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol.

   The event is part of a planned [1]National Day of Resistance, organized
   by the group Ferguson Action. It comes in the wake of Brown's August
   shooting death by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson,
   Missouri, and Garner's July choking death involving white officers in
   Staten Island, New York. In both cases, grand juries decided not to
   indict the officers.

   The Washington march was organized by the Reverend Al Sharpton, leader
   of the National Action Network and a host for the MSNBC television
   channel.

   Other planners said the national march would conclude outside the U.S.
   Capitol building with a demonstration calling for national reform on
   how police are investigated and how they use force against suspects.

   Marches and rallies also were planned Saturday in numerous communities
   - from the southern state of Mississippi to the Midwestern campus of
   Indiana University to the Canadian city of Toronto, Ontario.
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References

   1. http://engage.fergusonaction.com/solidarity_actions?page=2
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/activists-in-washington-march-for-racial-justice/2557774.html