11-26-14 ferguson protesters fill madison streets

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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