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‘We Can’t Allow Them To Win’: U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson Talks His Arrest While Protesting In D.C.

August 5, 2021

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson said he was prepared for the possibility of being arrested when he joined a protest in Washington, D.C., last month.

The Atlanta Democrat and several voting rights activists were taken into custody outside the Hart Senate Office Building.

The group, all Black and male, were protesting the Senate's inaction to pass sweeping voting rights legislation to combat new restrictive state laws.

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