Members of the NAACP and the Alabama NAACP have begun a sit-in at the Mobile office of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions. Sessions is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General.
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According to NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, the protest will continue until Sessions is no longer the AG nominee, or until the protestors are 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
NAACP stages sit-in to protest Senator Sessions for Attorney General: Arrest us or withdraw your name https://t.co/zq7hfbYAMW
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) January 3, 2017
This story will be updated if details are released.
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