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Police in New York City arrested 11 people Tuesday night outside Trump Tower, including the mother of Eric Garner, the man who died in July 2014 after an NYPD officer put him in a chokehold while trying to arrest him, and the daughter of the Rev. Al Sharpton, WNBC-TV reported.

Garnersmother, Gwenn Carr, and Sharptons youngest daughter, Ashley Sharpton, were taken into custody along with nine other individuals whowere protesting after the presidentsannouncement of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, who sits on the Colorado-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed by the Senate, Gorsuch would fill the vacancy left nearly a year ago by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

TheNational Action Network, a liberal nonprofit organization founded by Al Sharpton, organized the protest that drew around 30 participants and lasted for about an hour outside Trumps New York City office and residence, WNBC-TV reported.

Participants were heard chanting indivisible and a man of quality will never fear equality as they marched in the street and on the sidewalk. Eleven of the roughly 30 participants were arrested for allegedly blocking traffic on New York Citys posh Fifth Avenue.

In an act of civil disobedience and in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eric Garners mom and others were arrested tonight over President Trumps SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, Sharpton spokeswoman Rachel Noerdlinger said, according to the New York Post.

Others arrested included additional NAN staffers and at least one New York City religious leader.

The NYPD did not immediately respond when asked if any of the arrested individuals have been formally charged.

In addition to the protest outside Trump Tower, demonstrators also gathered outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

According to WUSA-TV, hundreds gathered near the steps of the high court to voice their opposition to the presidents pick. Protesters held up pre-printed signs, which named Gorsuch and labeled him as extreme and dangerous.

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