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Thousands March Around Country Protesting Against Police Violence

• Thousands March Around Country Protesting Against Police Violence

Marchers by the thousands hit the streets chanting "I can't breathe!" and "Hands up, don't shoot!" to protest police violence against black men.

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  More than 40,000 Americans rally during a national march against police violence on Dec. 13, 2014 in Washington D.C. The families of more than a half-dozen black men and boys who have been killed by police addressed the protesters demanding Congress adequately tackle police brutality. less
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  Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo; Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin; Samaira Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice; and Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown Jr. raise their hands in the air during the "Justice For All" march and rally through the nation's capital. less
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  People shout slogans against police as they take part in a march against police violence, in New York. Organizers said the event and the parallel march in Washington D.C. would rank among the largest in the recent wave of protests against the killings of black males by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, New York, Cleveland and elsewhere.