Demonstrators protesting congressional interference in D.C. affairs plan to gather outside Union Station before marching to First Street and Constitution Avenue for a rally.
Advocates for D.C. self-determination say a
vote blocking the city’s criminal code overhaul will undermine the District’s fight for statehood and could embolden Republicans determined to act as a check on the liberal stronghold as well as other blue cities. Demonstrators protesting the Senate vote and congressional interference will gather at 11 a.m. at Columbus Circle outside Union Stationat the event include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton , the District’s nonvoting representative, advisory neighborhood commissioners and Patrice Sulton, an attorney who advised on the Revised Criminal Code Act,
according to a news release. Council members Charles Allen , Robert C. White Jr. and Janeese Lewis George also plan to give remarks.“We want people to know that D.C. residents object to Congress interfering in our autonomy,” said Makia Green, an event organizer and co-conductor for Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, a local Black-led mutual aid and community defense organization. “Statehood is not for sale. And no one should be selling out D.C. and our right to self determination and self governance.
“There seems to be widespread agreement in Washington this week that those who commit carjackings shouldn’t be allowed early release from prison,” he said in a statement, referring to D.C.’s crime bill. “If that’s the case for D.C., it should be the case in places like Little Rock, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.”
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