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Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at Freedom plaza in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All march and rally. More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed ... more >

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press - Saturday, December 13, 2014

WASHINGTON Thousands of protesters have marched to the Capitol, where relatives of several black men who died in incidents with white police officers are addressing the crowd.

Civil rights organizations held the Saturday march and rally to bring attention to such deaths and call for legislative action.

Among the speakers were civil rights leader The Rev. Al Sharpton; the widow of Eric Garner, killed by an officer in New York; the parents of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old killed in Ferguson, Missouri; and the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old killed in Ohio as he played with a pellet gun in a park.

Many asked the crowd to chant, I cant breathe. Garner had gasped those words before his death while being arrested for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.

Protestors signs displayed that sentence as well as Black Lives Matter and Who do you protect? Who do you serve?

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