Members of the NAACP were arrested on Tuesday after they sat in at the office of Sen. Jeff Sessions and demanded he withdraw himself as Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.
Judging by a tweet from NAACP President Cornell William Brooks from Sen. Sessions Mobile, Alabama office, the group was determined to get arrested.
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
The sit-in started with around 30 protesters, many of whom abandoned their comrades before arrests were made at around 7 p.m., The Hill reported.
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On behalf of my hungry colleagues who are sitting in, I want to thank a @NAACP friend in Boston for sending pizza to Mobile. @DemAwakening pic.twitter.com/ZoJiSjVysp
— Cornell Wm. Brooks (@CornellWBrooks) January 3, 2017
Sitting in senator she’d Sessions office in Mobile protesting his nomination as AG.
Benard pic.twitter.com/8bXV9BSPTn— Benard Simelton (@benardhs) January 3, 2017
“Our objective is certainly to stop his nomination,” Alabama State Conference of the NAACP President Bernard Simelton told the New York Daily News.
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But they were predictably unsuccessful in their attempt before police arrived an arrested them.
Those arrested included Brooks, Simelton, NAACP’s Mobile chapter President Lizzetta McConnell and others.
Brooks tweeted mugshots from the group hours later.
After the @jeffsessions sit-in, these mugshots aren’t pretty but they’re pictures of @NAACP determination. #RestoreTheVRA & #stopsessions pic.twitter.com/QWnReXQnLn
— Cornell Wm. Brooks (@CornellWBrooks) January 4, 2017
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