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US protesters call for end to racism on MLK day

Tuesday, 20 January 2015 9:03 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 20 January 2015 9:03 AM ]

Susan Modaress
Press TV, New York

Martin Luther King Jr. was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. But today, 50 years after the voting of the Civil Right's Act, activists say the fight for equality is far from over.

Dozens of cities across the country are taking part in "The 4 Mile March", in a bid to bring awareness to racial profiling and police brutality, and to honor those who have been injured or died as a result of police violence.

In New York hundreds marched across the city to Foley sq., where the police headquarters is located.

Protesters also say they want to pressure local and federal government to mandate laws that will hold police accountable for their actions, notably Black citizens, the mentally ill and those of lower socio-economic status.

The MLK holiday comes as months of protests around the nation continue over police killings of black men in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.

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