Staffers Walk Out of Congress in Protest Over Brown and Garner Cases

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/11/370151489/staffers-walk-out-of-congress-in-protest-over-brown-and-garner-cases

by sp332 • 12 years ago

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dubfan• 12 years ago

I hate to be that guy, but...

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

dragonwriter2• 12 years ago

I hate to be that guy, but, from the same source:

Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.

politician• 12 years ago

I hate to be that guy, but, I'm voting both of you down for hijacking the thread _and_ violating the rules by talking about it!

akiselev• 12 years ago

Fatal error: recursion limit reached.

sp332• 12 years ago

Yeah, I considered that. But government workers protesting is definitely a new thing. I think it's a significant development in the movement.

dalke• 12 years ago

I think you can discount dubfan's comment somewhat. That account, for example, recently participated in one of the many recent Watson Nobel prize threads and last year submitted 'New York Soon to Trail Florida in Population'. There's no clear reason why those threads are any more on topic than your submission. ... and now the submission's been flagkilled.

TheBiv• 12 years ago

"Black congressional staffers hold their hands up as they pose for a group photo during a walkout on on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, in a protest over the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases."

I realize that I am nit-picking here, but the photo appears to have many different races. I wish NPR wouldn't have lead with that caption.

Staffers Walk Out of Congress in Protest Over Brown and Garner Cases

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