Thousands March in Washington to Protest Police Killings of Black Men

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    The families of more than a half-dozen black men and boys who have been killed by police addressed thousands of protesters who marched in Washington, D.C., Saturday, demanding Congress adequately tackle police brutality.

    The masses gathered at Freedom Plaza and marched on Pennsylvania Avenue to a stage set up near the Capitol Building where National Action Network President Al Sharpton laid out demands for lawmakers and called on dozens of the family members to join him on the platform.

    "My husband was a quiet man, but he's making a lot of noise right now," said Esaw Garner, the widow of Staten Island man Eric Garner, who died after a police chokehold in July.

    Other family members spoke, including the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed teen killed by a police officer in Ferguson Missouri; the girlfriend and 2-year-old daughter of Akai Gurley, who was shot by police in a New York stairwell last month; and the mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police at a park in Cleveland.

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