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Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus is taken into custody Thursday by U.S. Capitol Police officers in the Hart Senate Office Building, after a demonstration supporting voting rights, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, center, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and other activists lead a peaceful demonstration to advocate for voting rights, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and other activists lead a peaceful demonstration to advocate for voting rights, in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2021.
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty arrested at voting rights protest
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By Morgan Rimmer and Shawna Mizelle, CNN
Rep. Joyce Beatty was arrested by US Capitol Police on Thursday afternoon after participating in a voting rights protest that culminated in a march inside the Senate Hart Office Building atrium.
Beatty, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, participated in a small rally alongside 12 activists outside the Supreme Court building before marching to Hart, singing songs including “We Shall Overcome” and “This Little Light of Mine.”
After a warning from police to clear the area, Beatty was the first person arrested. Other members of the group were also arrested.
By Michael LucianoJul 15th, 2021, 5:04 pm
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Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and eight others were arrested by Capitol Police on Thursday in the Hart Senate Office Building after refusing to leave. Per reporting from Politico’s
Nicholas Wu, Beatty and a group of dozens of Black women leaders from across the country marched to the building as part of a “Day of Action on Voting Rights.”
Beatty, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the activists linked arms and sang songs as they walked through the lobby of the Hart building. The group was calling on the Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Democratic Rep. Beatty arrested while calling for Senate action on voting rights
The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said in a speech prior to her march to the Senate that she hoped she was arrested as she called for the end to the legislative filibuster.
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