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Ferguson protesters fill Madison (WI) streets
http://www.wbay.com/story/27482277/ferguson-protesters-fill-madison-streetsPosted: Nov 25, 2014 4:56 PM CST
Updated: Nov 25, 2014 4:56 PM CST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Scores of protesters angry over a grand jury's refusal to issue an indictment in Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, and plans for a new Dane County jail are filling downtown Madison's streets.
The crowd marched from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to the jail Tuesday afternoon, chanting "Hands up, don't shoot" and carrying a banner that read "stop racist police violence." They used Brown's death as a platform to rail against plans for a new jail, saying too many black men are incarcerated.
Eric Upchurch of Madison told the crowd that the black community is dying and the protest isn't an attack but a cry for help.
The crowd left the jail and marched around the state Capitol square and back downtown, blocking intersections and slowing rush hour traffic.
Updated: Nov 25, 2014 4:56 PM CST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Scores of protesters angry over a grand jury's refusal to issue an indictment in Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, and plans for a new Dane County jail are filling downtown Madison's streets.
The crowd marched from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to the jail Tuesday afternoon, chanting "Hands up, don't shoot" and carrying a banner that read "stop racist police violence." They used Brown's death as a platform to rail against plans for a new jail, saying too many black men are incarcerated.
Eric Upchurch of Madison told the crowd that the black community is dying and the protest isn't an attack but a cry for help.
The crowd left the jail and marched around the state Capitol square and back downtown, blocking intersections and slowing rush hour traffic.
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