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When a coalition of clergy arrived at the New York City Hall to stage a "die in" prayer protest on Monday Dec. 8, they were met with a welcome surprise.
Members of the Black and Latino Caucus had planned an action concurrently and were already assembled when the group of 75 faith leaders arrived at the city hall doorsteps Monday afternoon. The two groups came together to hold a "die in" for several minutes and read names of more than 100 victims of police violence from the last year.
"We came here today to New York City Hall and wonderfully found New York City council members were on the same page," Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, told HuffPost from the protest.
Chanting "God can't breathe" and singing spirituals, the clergy were out Monday to protest the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner.
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