Jesse Jackson, Wm. Barber Arrested At DC Filibuster, Manchin Protest; Pam Garrison, WV Represented

- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, (center), speaks from the podium in a push for the passing of new voting rights legislation on June 23, 2021, outside the Supreme Court.
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- 'Jesse Jackson, William Barber arrested protesting filibuster and Manchin.'- "Manchin, don’t you let sin block the salvation of this democracy and its soul,’ Barber said. Religion News Service, June 23, 2021. - Excerpts, Ed.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Poor People’s Campaign co-chair the Rev. William Barber II were among several civil rights and religious activists arrested at a protest outside the U.S. Senate on Wednesday (June 23), where demonstrators demanded West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and other lawmakers abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation.

Shortly before his arrest for blocking the street, Barber stood in the middle of Constitution Avenue as hundreds of demonstrators marched behind him along the sidewalk outside the Hart Senate Office Building. As police began to encircle Barber and others huddled behind a banner that read “Manchin, stop hurting West Virginia: Stop the filibuster,” the pastor explained he was willing to be arrested to protect voting rights.

“It took this to win it, it’s going to take this to keep it,” Barber said.

Jackson, nearby, signaled his own readiness to be detained earlier in the day, saying “we come not as an insurrection group, but as a resurrection group” and “today we must fill up the jails,” before adding “if you call yourself a child of God, you oughta act like it sometimes.” Shortly thereafter, police led Barber and a dozen other demonstrators away — including Jackson, 79, who was assisted by his son and another demonstrator.

The arrests were the culmination of two-hour-long demonstration that began a block away outside the U.S. Supreme Court..

West Virginians were well represented in the crowd outside the Supreme Court, and among the activists from the state who spoke at the rally was Pam Garrison, who decried compromise on voting rights bills. “I don’t remember compromise when the rich were getting tax breaks,“ she said...

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https://religionnews.com/2021/06/23/jesse-jackson-william-barber-arrested-protesting-filibuster-and-manchin/
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Also: Rev. Barber, Others Arrested In DC Protesting Senate Filibuster of Voting Rights Bill, https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142760165



- Pam Garrison, co-chair of the West Virginia Poor People’s Campaign, speaks during beside the Rev. William Barber II during the protest on June 23, 2021.



- Protesters raise their hands together during a protest calling for abolishing the filibuster and the passing of voting rights legislation on June 23, 2021, in front of the Hart Senate Building. Several people were arrested in front of the building during the event.